Innovative Programming at Glen Eddy

At Glen Eddy, we're proud to offer innovative programming that helps keep our residents active and engaged, including:

Dakim (m) Power Computer

Regularly exercising the mind is the key to memory and mental function, just as keeping physically active keeps our bodies fit and healthy. The Dakim (m) Power Computer, a fun and easy way to exercise the brain while stimulating its six cognitive branches: long-term memory, short-term memory, critical thinking, visuospatial, calculation and language. The Dakim uses NuroLogic™ technology which self-adjusts the level of challenge of each exercise. The goal of each Dakim session is to be stimulating, yet not so difficult as to cause frustration, or too easy as to become boring. And, thanks to the easy touch screen, everything is bigger, bolder and brighter.

Nintendo Wii

No doubt, the latest and most overwhelmingly popular video system on the market, the Nintendo Wii is an interactive system that emulates the motion of real sports games, such as tennis, bowling, golf and boxing. Seniors find it easy and fun to use. Many of the motions created by playing the Wii can improve balance and coordination, while exercising the brain and body.

Senior Cybercycle Study

During 2009, seventeen Glen Eddy residents participated in a research study conducted by Union College and Skidmore College. The study examined the possible benefits of a health game called "cybercycle," a stationary bicycle with video game components.

Data measured the impact on exercise behavior, as well as the neuropsychological effects (e.g., changes in thinking or memory), and physiological benefits (e.g., change in blood pressure).

The Cybercycle study was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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