Simulated games a stimulating experience for seniors

September 9th, 2007 by tim finin

The Charlestown retirement community in neighboring Catonsville is using the Nintendo Wii to give residents new opportunities for physical activity. A story in the Catonsville Times, Simulated games a stimulating experience for seniors, describes the new program.

“At 91, Charlestown retirement community resident Jeannette Barrett would rather stuff a toy or paint a ceramic dish than wrangle a Nintendo Wii controller. “I like it, but I’m not very good,” she said, after her turn at Wii computer bowling Aug. 30 at Charlestown’s Renaissance Gardens Terrace assisted living facility.

The Charlestown campus on Maiden Choice Lane and several other campuses owned by Catonsville-based Erickson Retirement Communities use the game as a therapeutic activity, according to Renaissance Gardens program manager Elizabeth Weybright. Because many of the approximately 130 people at the Terrace facility can no longer play games they previously enjoyed, such as bowling, golf and tennis, they are willing to try an electronic device such as Wii that simulates these activities, she said.” …more…

Not only does the Wii provide physical and mental stimulation, it allows many of the residents to virtually participate in games like tennis, bolwling and golf that they previously enjoyed.

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