Coimbatore’s assisted living facility opens a range of sensorial games for the elders
Sensorial games | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When you visit Elca Elder Care, an assisted living facility at Peelamedu, you may see elderly women and men engrossed in pallankuzhi, a game that has kept generations entertained. The two-player game demands the use of one’s mathematical insight, cognitive and motor skills, and hand-eye-coordination to crack it. Players use shells, tamarind seeds or beads on pits on special boards for the game.“We have elders who refuse to budge for tea breaks or lunch, playing for hours together,” says Dhinakar Perumal, managing director of Elca Care, adding that the touch-and-feel nature of the seeds…