Some elderly people think that their joints are fragile and their flexibility is insufficient, making it difficult to exercise to stay healthy. However, Zhou Jinchan, who is about 90 years old, represented the home and won the third place in the elderly care group of the “Hong Kong Elderly Boccia Competition 2023”, hoping to promote the elderly together Roll hard and enjoy the fun.
Zhou Jinchan and her husband have lived in a residential home for the elderly for about 10 years. She recalled that when she first moved in, she noticed that the residents had different interests, but she kept quiet. So the couple followed a group of residents to try out bocce ball, and they continued to play bocce for several years. My husband was the winner of the last competition. She pointed out that hard rolling is not just throwing the ball randomly. It requires hand strength, vision and body coordination. The head also needs to think about strategies, which can easily create a sense of success. She laughed and said that since playing hard rolling, she has never thought about playing mahjong again, and she has improved her social skills. She said that hard rolling requires communicating and discussing strategies with her partners, and she also met an old friend through it. She believes that during the epidemic, she was unable to travel and spent time in the institution by rolling around, so she would not be bored and “thinking about unnecessary things” all day long.
Another contestant, 87-year-old Li Xuezhen, plays hard rolling for a similar reason. She said that she had never been exposed to ball games before, but she started playing after seeing everyone having fun. She had participated in about five competitions and “won the first, second and third place.” She agrees that she has become much healthier after playing hard rolling, and her personal thinking and hand-eye coordination have also been trained.
The Helping Hands Association, which organizes the event, stated that this competition is divided into open group and elderly group, with a total of about 100 teams and more than 200 athletes aged 55 or above participating, and the response has been good; as society completely returns to normal, it plans to add elderly care workers next year Group, hoping to allow the elderly with weak bodies and wheelchairs to participate in the activities, helping them train teamwork spirit, thinking and hand-eye coordination skills, explore their potential, affirm their self-image, and expand their social space.
The original article was published on AM730
2023-10-10 20:30:20
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