Nursing home get to know you bingo

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The woman near the window calls out an answer: Waiting. 'W,' says Mary now, looking around the room. On the board, the list of things to do on a rainy day grows to include dog, fruit, open, vote. Now, as it continues to pour, they watch Mary move through the alphabet. The people in the chairs have spent the past half hour taking turns throwing small balls toward a plastic basketball standard, the kind you might find in a preschool. Then she turns to the group and asks, 'What can you do on a rainy day that begins with the letter 'A'?' At first there are blank stares all around, but finally a woman near the window shouts out a word: announce Inside, a dozen old people pull their wheelchairs into a circle and watch a cheerful activities assistant named Mary write a list of letters on the whiteboard.

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Today's activity is called 'word worm,' and the subject is 'things to do on a rainy day.' Outside the window of the nursing home, thin columns of rain are dripping off the roof.

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