My friend in good physical shape lives in an assisted living facility.
Loves tv basketball games. Expressed eagerness for wii or other basketball gaming device.
Would make him happier with this activity during Covid19 room confinement.
Lives in large Assisted Living Facility, part of a chain.
Please share how administratively we can make this happen for my friend.
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Doesn't Wii hook up to your TV? So then you have to understand "imput" and how to get in and out. Meaning he needs to know how to get back to TV mode. You can screw up a Smart TV if you don't know what your doing. Its not the staffs responsibility to help him with this. This kind of stuff is left up to the family. What he wants may not be practical.
I like the hand held idea. U turn it on, you turn it off.
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Try sending him a handheld gaming system. See how that works out before you invest in a more elaborate setup. My dad enjoyed the gambling ones.
Present your idea to the admin after things resume to normal for the facility. You need to present a fully thought-out plan that addresses the issues I've mentioned, and including short- and long-term costs. This idea could work if they set it up in a common area/room so that everyone could access it and play communally. But trying to teach new technology to people with short-term memory issues is inherently problematic. Maybe do some research to see if any other facilities in the nation have attempted this and what the outcome was. It's a lot of effort if it's not going to work in the long-run.