2013 2014 Childrens Hospital Project
We volunteered the 4th Saturday of the month (in the morning, when parents usually couldn't visit) at the Shizuoka Prefectural Childrens Hospital from 2013 to 2014.
Hospital Website: http://www.shizuoka-pho.jp/kodomo/index.html
Hospital Volunteer Group: http://www.shizuoka-pho.jp/kodomo/news/volunteer.html
Related group: http://hps-japan.net/ http://bambi.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp/hps_site/index.html
We played lots of different board and card games.
We wanted to cheer kids up and take their minds off of their physical situation or loneliness.
We usually took these games to the hospital (we found that they worked very well for children of various ages with various injuries or health issues.
Labyrinth
Cocotaki
My First Orchard
Orchard
LEGO Champion
Cockroach Poker
My First Tier auf Teir
Tier auf Tier
Saboteur
Magic Labyrinth Card Game
City Hopping
Bim Bamm
Kids of Carcassonne
We also found some excellent card and tile trays to use with sick kids:
http://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Domino-Racks-Playing-Holders/dp/B001V9H6M4
They really help kids with broken arms and IVs. They also help let kids see all their cards, and reduce wear and tear on the cards as well. These trays hold 32 cards (we've played Ticket to Ride very successfully using them!).
The cards sometimes fall forwards, so we might put a thick strip of tape on the front to help the cards lean back.