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Flossie Chambers, 89, playing ten pin bowling

Bless.

Telegraph - Elderly ‘addicted’ to Nintendo Wii at care home

The bridge games have been abandoned and the crosswords put to one side. Instead, the elderly residents of one retirement home in a Birmingham suburb have opted for a slightly more advanced means of entertainment.

Pensioners aged 80 and above at the Sunrise Senior Living Centre in Edgbaston are now hooked to the Nintendo Wii, the latest hi-tech video games console.

Brilliant.

The craze at the home all started three weeks ago when one of the chefs brought in a console belonging to his son and lent it to staff for the weekend.

Residents, who are aged between 80 and 103, were so enthralled by the games that they demanded that staff purchase one immediately. …

Bowling has proved to be the most popular game at the home where 90-year-old Barrie Edgar is emerging as a keen star.

Mr Edgar said: “It’s fiercely competitive. We’re all addicts and it’s really bridged the generation gap.

“I’m so glad they got us one of own.”

Next month staff are organising a special tournament amongst the residents with a prize of gift vouchers on offer for the winner.

The games system has proved to be such a success that executives at Sunrise Senior Living are now planning to buy one for each of their 15 residential homes.

If this goes ahead, inter-care home tournaments would take place with teams of elderly residents travelling to other care homes via mini-buses for matches.

ninme bursts into tears

(Okay, not really, but see above)