Elderly banned from gambling games at care centres

gamingNEW YORK: Management at a skilled nursing home has issued a ban on casino-style games due to fears they will trigger gambling addictions.

A growing number of daycare centres are offering the nation’s rapidly expanding pensioner population activities such as mahjong, card games and slot machine games.

However, officials have expressed concerns that these games will fuel addiction amongst the city’s elderly population and undermine their efforts to be self-reliant…

Full story covered in the Seniors Housing & Healthcare Trends.