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ANAHEIM, Calif. - Susan Hladilek sits in a wheelchair and aims a white remote at a TV, with the guiding hand of Dennis Miyadi.

She waits with her head bowed down. And waits. And then, yes, she feels a fish tugging at her line and she jerks the remote straight up. A loud splash confirms she's caught a fish - a “plain ol' fish” - to be exact. The splash is so loud, in fact, that Hladilek jumps at the sound.

“I know it scared you, it scared me too,” Miyadi says. “That was good.”

These are the sights and sounds of therapy. Wii therapy.

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That is great news. My great-grandmother suffers of alzheimer disease and she has 91 yeras old.



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How does Wii fishing help with Alzheimers? I don't get it.




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And thats why the wii should be in every hospital in the world



From what I understand, Alzheimers is a memory loss disease. By playing wii play fishing, it probably uses some neurons that haven't been used in a while. This could possibly help her memory.