The Ellis County Press: Video game provides new approach to therapy

Video game provides new approach to therapy
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Editor on 07/17/2008 10:44:00


Jennifer Mulhausen
The Ellis County Press
RED OAK - Just a short trip down Ovilla Road, you can find some of the happiest
people in the county.
The residents and patients of the Red Oak Health and Rehabilitation Center give
three cheers for a new approach to socialization and therapy.
Facility management brainstormed to come up with a fun and creative way to get
residents out of their rooms and help therapy patients from becoming bored with
the same routines. Their solution? _Wii_ hab!
Wii
hab coordinates different _Wii_ games with individual patients' occupational and
physical therapy routines.
The program has shown great success so far.
Participants find the program both challenging and rewarding.
"This just goes to show the Nintendo _Wii_ is made for kids of all ages," said
one patient.