Brick, Freehold, Point Pleasant nursing home patients get interactive with their physical therapy
A number of New Jersey nursing homes are using a multi-player gaming program by Restore Skills, which helps patients conquer their physical therapy goals while also staying connected to loved ones.
Cheri Shefler, speech language pathologist and director of rehabilitation at Willow Springs Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Brick, said therapists can use this software to work with patients, adding a different modality rather than doing the mundane rowing and weightlifting exercises. It gives them a nice interactive component, which many patients enjoy.
The program resembles something like the Wii gaming system.