Saturday, February 14, 2009

Wednesday afternoon (KRF)






Hey everyone! On Wednesday afternoon we attended a senior citizens' meeting and the focus of the day was mental exercise and music and laugh therapy (risaterapia). This group gets together once a week at the restaurant of one of the members, a rotisserie chicken joint. It was very fun, there was quite a turnout with around 20 group members present with various grandchildren brought along for the ride. Most of the group members are women but there were 3 or 4 husbands as well. First the clinic psychologist gave a talk (una charla) about the importance of mental exercise, especially as it pertains to older adults. We split up into groups of four and each group was handed a series of brain puzzles to complete, whichever group finished first with all puzzles correct won! After the puzzles we participated in the musicaterapia part of the meeting which consisted of laminated lyrics projected onto the wall of the restaurant and some tunes emitted from a laptop. Unfortunately the laptop tunes ceased working so one of the husbands sort of took over this stage of the session, turning it into his very own karaoke slash American Idol try-out. Nevertheless, it was fun. Risaterapia consisted of some videos....not everyone found them funny. The one I saw was pretty funny - it was a scene of a couple getting married at the altar and they had a lie detector machine at the altar to avoid any lying at the altar that may end in future divorce. Anyway. Enjoy the pics from this afternoon.

1 comment:

  1. I love the idea of reisaterapia being taught as part of a heath clinic!
    This is my favorite form of therapy. I'm not sure how much good it does me, but I do enjoy it!
    Em - Lar and I are currently in a hotel on Times Square getting ready for kendal's wedding! We went shoe shopping earlier and then off to central park and then totally OD'ed on the Met. We love you!
    -Kate

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