The Individual Game in RCFE (Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly): three examples of the rehabilitative potential of ludic activities

Abstract

In nursing homes, ludic activities are often available to guests during the so
called “dead” times between medical treatments. Most times, groups engaging
in such pastimes do so in a purely recreational fashion, with no clear
purpose. This approach lacks the pedagogic planning needed to trigger
their full potential.
Each of them reported remarkable progress on their psychomotor capabilities,
but also on their humor.
Even for those diagnosis letting only little expectations of recovery, the
game demonstrated its effectiveness to support pharmacological and motor
therapies, in line with the work of other specialists. Its importance cannot
be ignored anymore.