Brisbane City Hall's 50 plus Bridge Group is a group which retirees play games to have fun and to keep their mind active as it is fun to play cards and provided a supportive environment for members who play this game. Both Fay Henderson and Anne Braford are 82 and they say that you need to keep reinventing yourself to make life interesting as every body is busy with their lives and we need to keep us motivated or as our kids or grand children have grown up.
Anne Bradford said that "There are some days you go home and you've got smile soreness because you've have so many laughs and that's lovely." Fay Henderson asserted that "Well, I think when you stop, you lose your identity anyway and we certainly don't want to do that."
Professor Jeff Brand specialized in communication and media said that 49% of Australian with age 50 plus are choosing to play video games to keep their mind active.
He said that according to his research which 1200 household have participated, "it shows that older Australians prefer games that are puzzle based, and problem solving rather than action based or adventure based."
Alex Yuen is the activities coordinators at New South Wales' Elderly Australian Chinese Home which he runs bingo and mahjong game for the residents.
Mr. Yuen said that "Most of the elderly when they join the aged care home, they have very little activities, so their muscle would be less powerful, and also they might see things not as good as before. So, in order to maintain their physical health and also the mental health, we will introduce some games for those elderly, for example, bingo games that would give them opportunity to coordinate their eyes and their hands." But Fay Henderson and Mabs Hall would like to conclude that "We learn because everybody starts off from whatever they do..They can't do it when they start. And then if you don't have a go, you'll never know. That's right!." #.
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