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AS YOU AGE BEING STIMULATED
VICE IMPORTANT BUT MORE
IMPORTANT IS BEING CONNECT
SOCIALLY.
>> IN PHILADELPHIA MERCY LIFE,
STANDING FOR LIVING
INDEPENDENTLY FOR ELDERS, HAS
TAKEN THOSE GOALS, FOR
SENIORS, AS ITS MISSION.
MERCY LIFE OPERATED INNOVATIVE
PROGRAMS AT THREE LOCATIONS
INCLUDING ONE IN SOUTH
PHILADELPHIA, AND THAT IS
WHERE I FOUND SOME SENIORS
REALLY GETTING IN THE SWING OF
THINGS.
>> SEND IT THIS WAY.
GO GET IT.
>> REPORTER: CAITLIN MAY LOOK
LIKE THE CHEER LEADING COACH
FOR THIS NOISILY ENTHUSIASTIC
GAME OF NOODLE HOCKEY.
>> THEY'RING THAT WAY, THERE
YOU GO.
>> REPORTER: BUT IN REALITY,
CAITLIN IS SUPERVISING
RECREATIONAL THERAPY.
>> GET IT DONE, GET IT DOWN.
>> REPORTER: AT BROAD STREET
MERCY LIFE CENTER THIS WILDLY
COMPETITIVE GAME IS THERAPY.
>> WITH SO MANY BENEFITS,
WHETHER IT IS SOMETHING
PHYSICAL, COGNITIVE OR
SOCIALIZATION ASPECT OF IT,
THAT THEY ARE GETTING FROM
PARTICIPATING IN THESE
PROGRAMS, THEY ARE HAVING FUN
AND DOING SOMETHING THAT THEY
ENJOY.
>> REPORTER: RECREATIONAL
THERAPY IS JUST ONE ASPECT OF
THE MULTI DIMENSIONAL MERCY
LIFE PROGRAM, FOR GERIATRIC
CAREMENT THE MEDICAL, HEALTH
AND SOCIAL SERVICES, PROMOTE
INDEPENDENT LIVING AT HOME,
AND IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE THE LIFE CENTER ON SOUTH
BROAD STREET IN SOUTH
PHILADELPHIA, ON NORTH HANCOCK
STREET IN NORTH PHILADELPHIA,
AND ON MORE MORE STREET IN
GRAYS FERRY HAVE 477
PARTICIPANTS, WITH ALL
SERVICES PROVIDED BY MEDICAID
OR MEDICARE, WITH NO OUT OF
POCKET COSTS.
>> WE HAVE SEEP A LOT OF
PEOPLE COMING INTO THIS
PROGRAM, THEIR SPOUSE PASSED
OR THEY MOVED IN THE NEW
SENIOR HOUSING AND THEY DON'T
HAVE NEW FRIEND JUST YET AND
THEY CREATE THESE
RELATIONSHIPS AND ESTABLISH
RAPPORT WITH A LOT OF THE
FRIEND AND THEIR PEER CARE AT
MERCY LIFE.
>> 101, YES.
>> REPORTER: THE THE REPORT
CAN BE VERY PLAYFUL AND THAT
IS A SAVING GRACE FOR 80
YEAR-OLD NANCY KOHLER.
>> I WAS A SOCIAL WORKER, AND
SHE SAID IT WAS A VERY NICE
PLACE.
SO ME AND MY HUSBAND, THIS IS
A YEAR AGO, OH, HE LOVES IT
HERE.
HE DIED.
SO I'M STILL COMING HERE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY FAMILY,
THEY'RE ALL GONE.
BUT WHEN I COME HERE IT IS
LIKE GOING HOME.
>> OH, WONDERFUL.
>> WOULD I NEVER WANT TO BE
ANYWHERE ELSE.
>> REPORTER: WITH MERCY LIFE
OPENED FIVE DAYS A WEEK IT
CREATES THE SOCIAL CONNECTION,
THAT CAN KEEP DEPRESSION AND
LONELINESS AT BAY.
>> PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THEY GET
A LOT OUT OF IT BECAUSE IT IS
WORKING ON THEIR BALANCE, MET
OR SKILLS BUT OVERALL MOBILITY
AND THEY'RE ABLE TO DO MORE
THEN THEY COULD BEFORE THEY
STARTED IN THIS PROGRAM.
>> ON TOP OF THE PHYSICAL
PROGRAMS WE PLAN WE DO
COGNITIVE PROGRAMS.
SO WHETHER IT IS GAMES LIKE WE
CALLED WORD PUZZLES, OR JUST
BASIC TRIVIA, IT MAINTAINS
THEM.
>> REPORTER: SO DEPENDING ON
YOUR MOOD OR CAPABILITY, IT
COULD BE BINGO, OR NOODLE
HOCKEY.
>> VERY NICE.
>> THEY HAD SO MUCH FUN.
>> IT IS A FAMILY.
THEY ARE A FAMILY.
>> IT IS.
SO BEAUTIFUL.
>> MOST OF THE PARTICIPANTS
ARE IN THEIR LATE 70'S, HALF,
ARE ON MULTIPLE MEDICATIONS
BUT MERCY LIFE PROVIDES LONG
TERM, COMPREHENSIVE, CLINICAL
CARE, AND SERVICES, THAT GIVES
THOSE PARTICIPANT AND THEIR
FAMILIES A SENSE OF SECURITY.
>> IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE THREE
MERCY LIFE CENTERS IN
PHILADELPHIA, GO TO CBS