Games for a better life: Effects of playing wii games on the well-being of seniors in a long-term care facility

Proceedings of the 6th Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment, IE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Jung, Younbo ^a   Li, Koay Jing ^a   Janissa, Ng Sihui ^a   Gladys, Wong Li Chieh ^a   Lee, Kwan Min ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention; Seniors; Social Game; Video Game; Well being

Indexed keywords

BOARD GAMES; CONTROL GROUPS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; GAME VIDEOS; INTERVENTION; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL FIELDS; NINTENDO WII; SENIOR CITIZENS; SINGAPORE;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

HOSPITALS;

EID: 77952388124     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1746050.1746055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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