Can a ninety four-year-old do anything a four-year-old can? One local nursing home activities director thought so after she watched her son enjoy the video game Nintendo Wii. They say a group of nursing home residents stay young by playing a game meant for their grandkids.

The activity room at the Ozark Nursing and Care Center is packed when it’s time for Wii. On Tuesday the crowd was tense. All of them hoping Nondis Payne would knock down two final pins. Applause erupts and Payne shouts, "Yes, yes. It’s my first time."

The bowling competition at the skilled nursing home is fierce. Activities Director Flo Marcus says, "It’s pretty stiff." She says it can also be fun. Residents all around the room say ‘good job’ as the nearly 94 year-old Elverdia Griffin gets another spare. Marcus says, “Our best is our oldest. She bowls fast and she got a 161." Griffin has lots of skills but even more modesty when it comes to mastering a video game most likely made for her grandkids. Griffin says, "I'm not good. I thought that I'd never do anything with that game but with a little practice I've improved a little.”

Nintendo Wii lets less mobile athletes like Payne and Griffin be queens of the lane without ever going to an alley. Griffin says, "I've never bowled in my life so it was an experience."

Marcus says people with Parkinson’s or those who are wheelchair bound often aren't able to pick up an 8 to 15 pound ball. When they play Wii, a light weight controller allows them to play a game they normally couldn't. Marcus says, "It was a little difficult at first because it’s all about hand eye coordination and positioning their wheel chairs." She says there are more than physical benefits. It gives the residents a sense of life outside the skilled nursing center. Marcus says, “Just because they're here doesn't mean they can't do what teenager can. Their kids think it’s cool that they are up to a hip time in their lives.” Plus they say bridge is so last year. Griffin says, "I prefer bowling."

The activities director says they're sticking with bowling for now because it’s the easiest. They'd like to slowly introduce boxing and Guitar Hero.