Changing Aging

The Nitendo Wii video game was originanlly designed for young consumers, but we’re finding that a number of our customers are also enjoying it.  Several Ecumen communities use the Wii for bowling (which seems to be the most popular Wii sport)m tennis, baseball and boxing.  It also is being incorporated into Ecumen physical therapy sessions.

The photo above taken by Brian Basham of the Detroit Lakes Tribune is from Ecumen’s Emmanuel Community in Detroit Lakes, Minn. Rossman Elementary School’s 4th and 5th graders have twice monthly Wii sessions with their friends at Emmanuel Community.

 Emmanuel Community customer Suzy Rogstad is a former college field hockey player.  Now she’s trying tennis via the Wii and says “it’s fun.”  It’s interesting . . . just five years ago, there weren’t any Wiis.  Now seniors are using a variety of technologies in their daily lives.  And it’s only going to continue increasing.