| Senior assisted living facilities don’t have to be | | | | Nintendo’s Wii Games All the Rage In Senior |
| quiet, lonely places where life happens in-between | | | | Centers |
| meals- in fact; many of them are just the opposite! | | | | Besides experts and instructors coming in to provide |
| New senior <a rel="nofollow" | | | | stimulus to seniors, Nintendo’s Wii has changed |
| onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(' | | | | the way seniors play games with each other. Several |
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| a> have a variety of activities ranging from wine | | | | Nintendo’s Wii into the daily lives of their seniors. |
| tours to concerts, hydrotherapy classes and aerobics. | | | | Suddenly, options of whether to play cribbage, bridge |
| While a huge majority of the population begins to | | | | or backgammon have come to include Nintendo’s |
| age, they are not eager to sit immobile and let their | | | | library of interactive video games. Wii games are |
| golden years pass them by. With the desire to get | | | | very popular in senior assisted living facilities and |
| more out of life, seniors today are looking for | | | | senior centers because the games provide |
| assisted living facilities that will help them get the care | | | | low-impact exercise to an audience who has limited |
| and therapy they need when they need it, but they | | | | movement or is held back by an injury or illness. |
| also want to live the fullest life they possibly can and | | | | Bowling in slippers, playing tennis in a communal living |
| they want choices. | | | | room and swinging a plastic golf club in pajamas has |
| Assisted living facilities know that seniors will seek | | | | never been easier or more fun. |
| out and pay for private golf lessons, nutrition classes | | | | If you are looking for a senior assisted living facility |
| on their own, so instead, facilities are helping out | | | | for yourself or for your parents, you will be happy to |
| seniors and bringing the activities to them. | | | | know that there are choices on how to spend your |
| Popular Activities and Classes Being Offered at Senior | | | | golden years. Love the beach and learning how to |
| Centers Today | | | | knit? Want golf lessons and transportation to varying |
| • Line Dancing | | | | golf courses? There are more choices that can be |
| • Scrap Booking | | | | listed here as to varying degrees of activities, classes |
| • Hydro-aerobics/ swim lessons | | | | and outings that are apart of daily life in senior living |
| • Nutrition, Medicine and Pharmaceuticals | | | | facilities today. Management of senior assisted living |
| information | | | | facilities know that instead of passing the golden |
| • Outings: Movies, plays, wine tastings, parks | | | | years by in front of a television, seniors have |
| and gardens | | | | demanded more out of their senior assisted living |
| • Beauty school visits | | | | choices. |
| • Golf, croquet, horseshoes and shuffleboard | | | | |