How to teach chess to seniors??
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I'm exploring ideas for volunteering in a local assisted living center. The residents are all over 65, and most of them are in the 80-95 range. Many suffer from mild-to-more developed dementia, loneliness, etc. One idea is starting a small weekly group to teach "how to play chess" and provide a safe place to play with each other even if they have trouble remembering how to do it.
Can anyone recommend resources for a curriculum / teaching track / ideas for teaching chess to people like this? Google is very thin on substance for this quest. I did find one study of some help:
INSIGHTS ON TEACHING CHESS TO ELDERLY CITIZENS by William Bart
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355055031_INSIGHTS_ON_TEACHING_CHESS_TO_ELDERLY_CITIZENS
Maybe someone on Chess.com can help me? Thank you!