Playing bingo boosts more than just nursing home residents' social skills: using the large, high-contrast bingo cards also improves cognitive skills and visual perception, researchers have found.

Bingo, Bible study and birthday parties -- at some nursing homes, that's as good as it gets. Traditionally, long-term care facilities have come up short in the activities realm, relying on old ...

Bingo, a popular activity in nursing homes, senior centers and assisted-living facilities, has benefits that extend well beyond socializing. Researchers found high-contrast, large bingo cards ...

Residents start each session sitting at a table with their bingo cards in a ... Close more info about $360k federal grant will bring program that combines bingo, exercise to 24 state nursing homes ...

Nursing homes are switching things up to make sure residents are doing more than staying safe while being quarantined. ... we gave them their bingo cards and their chips,” said Norris. ...

Elderly residents of a nursing home weren't going to let the coronavirus pandemic get in the way of their bingo game as they continued playing while spaced out in a hallway.

The COVID-19 pandemic changed all of our lives, especially those living in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Separation from loved ones caused depression, isolation and loneliness. Now ...