Lion Launches Nursing Care Game Machine with "Kenko Sleep Exercise"

 “Kenkosumi Exercise” is an exercise that was jointly developed by Hiroshi Matsudaira, Specially Appointed Professor of Musculoskeletal Pain Medical Research & Management Course, 22nd Century Medical Center, University of Tokyo Hospital, and the company, and has three functions (oral cavity, sleep, locomotor system). can be trained at the same time.

TANO-LT is a nursing care game machine that has been devised to make this "Kenko Sleep Exercise" into a game so that elderly people can enjoy and continue to do exercises at nursing homes. The above exercise, vocalization, and brain activation programs can be performed.

"When you imitate the movement of the Kenko Sleep Exercise displayed on the screen, the sensor reads the skeleton, compares it with the correct movement, scores the skeleton matching rate, and displays it in real time. By doing this, you can make an effort to increase your score. You can do gymnastics as if it were a game, such as creating an opportunity to compete with other people, etc. By continuing to enjoy training, we can expect to prevent ``frailty'', which weakens the mind and body with age."

In fact, at a fee-based home for the elderly operated by HITOWA Care Service, which was introduced in advance, it has been evaluated as helping residents to become independent, improving the quality of services, and improving productivity.

Currently, about 16 million elderly people nationwide are facing various problems in their daily lives, such as declining locomotion and cognitive functions, and dysphagia due to declining oral function.・ In January 2022, we developed “Kenko Sleep Exercise” that trains the three functions of sleep and locomotor organs “simultaneously”.

This exercise allows you to perform 21 different exercises in 5 minutes while sitting, and was jointly developed with Specially Appointed Professor Hiroshi Matsudaira of the University of Tokyo Hospital 22nd Century Medical Center and Trunk Solution.

Furthermore, we have incorporated the idea of ​​gamification so that you can enjoy this gymnastics without difficulty, and combine the body movement sensing technology introduced in TANOTECH's game system "TANO" with "Kenko Nemuri Taiso". developed a virtual game program.

Nursing care facility (day service) users who have introduced this virtual game program on a trial basis have received high praise, such as "I can enjoy exercising" and "It has become easier to move my body." It became an opportunity to use the service, which led to a significant drop in the cancellation rate."

Therefore, this time, we have decided to jointly start sales of the game machine "TANO-LT" for nursing homes, which is equipped with the "TANO" virtual game program of "Kenko Sleep Exercise", jointly with TANOTECH.

In the future, we will further improve the functions of this game machine and propose fun healthy habits in the nursing care field, aiming to improve mental and physical health.