Flossie Chambers, 89, playing ten pin bowlingPensioners 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.
Taking it in turns with the hand-held controls, the pensioners go head to head against one another in the various games.
The console, which costs about £200, reacts to body motion. The games require each player to carry out appropriate actions depending on what they want their character to do.
For example Wii Tennis, one of the most popular games, requires players to swing their controls as if they were holding a racquet. The golf game works in a similar way.
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.
Diane Rudge, the executive director at the centre, said: "They were absolutely hooked.
"They're up of their armchairs and moving about and there's a real team spirit.
"We're going to invest in a whole library of games so they don't get bored."
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."
Source: Telegraph.co.uk
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