Call your County Office of Aging and see if they have any suggestions. You don't mention age or if wife has some cognitive problem. Did she play puzzles and games before? If not, they may not interest her now. I personally don't do puzzles, play games or color. I don't have the patience.
What type of "license" do you need or require? No one "needs" a license to be a caregiver and stimulate the person they are caring for. There are CNA's (Certified Nurse's Assistant) that can be a caregiver but for stimulation with puzzles, games and the like you do not need a CNA and if you request one it will cost you more than a caregiver would. You can ask for PT or OT (physical therapy or occupational therapy) and they will work with your wife for a short period of time with some exercises but that would not be 2 hours daily (or almost daily) You could hire a "companion" that would be with her and play cards, do puzzles, take her for a walk and in general be with her during the day. In your profile you mention she is in Independent Living..do you also reside there as well? Does the facility have programs that she can get involved in or with? Do they go on outings? Is there an Activity Director that can get her involved? If she is having problems getting to an activity (you mention mobility problems) would Assisted Living be a better fit? I know in Independent Living the staff can do very little when it comes to "helping" residents.
A little more info about your wife and her limitations would be helpful.
I am not certain what you mean about "Licensed". There is really no job description or career licensed for this unless you mean someone working in Occupational Therapy setting, which is usually in a skilled nursing facility. If you wife is living in Assisted Living there are often people who assist with interesting art projects, puzzles, light exercise, movies, puzzles and games. But this is not one on one work. To hire an occupational therapist to keep your wife entertained or stimulated with such things would be enormously expensive.
Alva, I completely missed the descriptive "licensed." Shame on me, and thanks to you I'll rethink what I wrote, after the OP responds. This could change my thoughts.
Jack, could you please tell us more about your wife. Your profile indicates she's living in independent living, so I assume she's fairly mobile.
What are her interests? Did she work before becoming a senior citizen, and what did she do? What are/were her educational interests? Does she work crossword puzzles or like something more challenging? Math puzzles are to me the most challenging, and sometimes the hardest. Would she be interested in those?
It's easier to answer someone's request if we know more about the person; could you share some details with us?
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No one "needs" a license to be a caregiver and stimulate the person they are caring for. There are CNA's (Certified Nurse's Assistant) that can be a caregiver but for stimulation with puzzles, games and the like you do not need a CNA and if you request one it will cost you more than a caregiver would.
You can ask for PT or OT (physical therapy or occupational therapy) and they will work with your wife for a short period of time with some exercises but that would not be 2 hours daily (or almost daily)
You could hire a "companion" that would be with her and play cards, do puzzles, take her for a walk and in general be with her during the day.
In your profile you mention she is in Independent Living..do you also reside there as well?
Does the facility have programs that she can get involved in or with?
Do they go on outings?
Is there an Activity Director that can get her involved?
If she is having problems getting to an activity (you mention mobility problems) would Assisted Living be a better fit? I know in Independent Living the staff can do very little when it comes to "helping" residents.
A little more info about your wife and her limitations would be helpful.
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What are her interests? Did she work before becoming a senior citizen, and what did she do? What are/were her educational interests? Does she work crossword puzzles or like something more challenging? Math puzzles are to me the most challenging, and sometimes the hardest. Would she be interested in those?
It's easier to answer someone's request if we know more about the person; could you share some details with us?