Wii Fit Exercise For Nursing Home Residents
Monday, August 4th, 2008
Dailynewstranscript.com is reporting on Wii Fit being used for nursing home residents.
Physical therapist Heather Flynn started bringing her Wii Fit game system to work six weeks ago and its proved to be very popular among the elderly residents.
The home uses the system to give the residents a yoga workout along with flexibility and balance exercises. Some can perform the exercises while standing, but others sit depending on their level of function.
Workouts help the residents with their flexibility, balance and endurance “so that they’re safe when they’re walking or when they’re transferring into or out of a bed or getting into a chair.”
Wii Fit has been such a success that they have added two more systems to their budget for next year.
