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Hi Morgan, It is unlikely that residents want to be left on their own playing a game. finding a couple of volunteers, would help you; perhaps one of your residents' relatives? Euchre has different rules depending on the country you are. In North America, a 24-card deck is most common (using nine, 10, jack, queen, king, and ace in all four suits).
Some players prefer a 32-card deck (adding the seven and eight of each suit). British Euchre uses 25 cards (the 24 listed above, plus a joker). There are other variations as well. Try (via your Newsletter) to request a Euchre player among staff and relatives to come and teach residents.

Hi Morgan, my residents enjoy playing Canasta and asked me to add it to my calendar once a month to start to see how it goes. They play on their own in the evening. They had me type up the rules so they had one set of rules to follow for everyone to reduce arguments. Like Euchre, there are many different variations. They just had their second "Canasta Night" on Friday and there were 12 players. The first one a month ago, they had 18 players. Only 4 can play at a table so two were left out, but they didn't seem to mind. They have invited friends and family to join if they know they won't have enough and that works out very well. I encourage my residents to get out of their rooms as much as they can and they have access to a cupboard full of games of all sorts. Good luck!