Age no barrier to Paris Games fever
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In the spirit of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Calvary Health Care’s seven residential aged care homes in South Australia recently went head-to-head today in a series of competitive events for all abilities.
Six days of competition at each aged care home culminated in a final at Calvary’s Flora McDonald.
Calvary Trevu resident Felicity Kennedy said the Olympics had inspired many to try something new.
“I do watch the Olympic Games when I wake up and it’s been really encouraging to see so many inspirational stories come to life. Being able to get involved as well has been such a fun experience. At Trevu, we’ve been practicing the basketball hoops, golf and nerf shooting,” Ms Kennedy said.
“I’m really good at the memory game and the quiz, but I’m definitely keen to compete in some of the other activities today.”
The idea for the Calvary SA Aged Care Games came from the Calvary Resident Representative Committee, which meets regularly to discuss and share ideas about menus, events and activities.
Kingswood resident Colin Poulton, who is on the committee, said the group wanted to bring this particular event to life so residents could come together, have fun and learn new skills.
Residents competed in basketball, golf, memory game, ten pin bowling, swimming, pong game, quiz, javelin, bean bag toss, nerf shooting, air hockey and aeroplane throwing.
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