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Pins in a Nursing Home

By okayestpinballer

4 years ago

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#1 4 years ago

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okayestpinballer

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When you become too much of a burden for society and your kids send you off to a home, will you demand to be sent to a nursing home with a dedicated arcade/pinball room?

They say that pins in children's hospitals help cheer up the sick kids and their families. Wouldn't pins cheer up imprisoned seniors and encourage their children/grandchildren to visit more often?

Could we put the wheels in motion, so that when our time comes, a pinball arcade is a standard feature in all nursing homes / senior living?

Discuss...

#2 4 years ago

BLY

MrBally

Pinside member

Paradise, NV

12y 141K 13,936 22 1

There's one in Toledo with a slot machine. Credit play, no cash needed nor paid out. It's a Bally ProSlot 6000. Blazing 7's IIRC.

#3 4 years ago

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okayestpinballer

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https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/therapeutic-power-of-pinball

#4 4 years ago

SKY

Skypilot

Pirates Life Pinball Co

11y 155K 6,677 32 1

I think this is a great idea. I'm intrigued

#5 4 years ago

JEC

bluespin

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Johns Creek, GA

7y 141K 9,130

gdonovan Don’t you work in a nursing home, and didn’t you place a pin there?

#6 4 years ago

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There's a LOT of money going into luxury homes for seniors these days. I was in one recently that made me think for a moment that I was on a cruise ship (it had a nail salon, yoga/meditation room, a movie theater, coffee bar, etc) until I remembered the locked interior doors that kept the inmates from escaping.

#7 4 years ago

FJB

FrankJ

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Fremont, WI

11y 62,300 1,400 10

My mother in law is in a 55+ community that flexes into assisted living, then total care. They have a theater, convenience store, and other amenities- including a pub with a juke box, pool table, and a Stern Mustang pin. Friday and Saturday afternoon, they have a happy hour with free drinks too.

#8 4 years ago

JEC

bluespin

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Johns Creek, GA

7y 141K 9,130

JethroP Didn’t you relocate to a retirement center, and bring multiple pins with you?

#9 4 years ago

WOZ

PanzerFreak

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14y 123K 12,949 19

I'll have at least one in my room, attempting to reach There and Back Again on Hobbit after 50 years of trying lol.

I remember seeing a Blazing 7's slot machine at a nursing home, it was in someone's room, while my wife and I visited her grandmother. A pin is definitely possible!

#10 4 years ago

BJA

lowbeau67

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Mount Washington, KY

6y 105K 1,211 5 6 1

Owners of the day program for special needs
adults where I work let me put one in our PT room. I and the
rest of the therapists use it with our friends all the time.
It's been a big hit with everybody.

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#11 4 years ago

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okayestpinballer

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6y 45,300 409

^^^ AWESOME!!!

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