Exercise: As you know, exercise has many benefits, including boosting brain cell production, reducing depression, and strengthening muscles, which can contribute to a reduction in falls and injuries, thus helping your patients maintain their independence. Nutrition is a vital part of our program, which will reinforce your …
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Social Connections
Positive social connections increase overall well-being and encourage a more active lifestyle. Connecting with others is shown to prevent depression and to slow the progression of cognitive decline.
Brain Training/Life-Long Learning
Brain Training utilizes memory, spatial awareness, reasoning skills, & multi-tasking exercises to help retrain your brain and process information, which can help seniors maintain independence in their daily lives. Life-long learning involves learning new information and skills in order to build cognitive reserves.
Interactive Nutrition Education
Healthy eating plays a key role in the brain’s cognitive ability & its resistance to cognitive decline. Each session includes one recipe on a colorful powerpoint with detailed nutritional information about the primary ingredients in the recipe and the benefits they provide to the brain and body.
Exercise/
Meditation
Sitter-size: A detailed exercise guide designed to strengthen the core, increase range of motion, reduce risk of falls, and strengthen muscles, along with cardio (to increase the oxygen and blood flow to the brain as well as to the other vital organs.)
Meditation: This portion of the workbook is designed to reduce worry and anxiety. Included is a list of self-affirmations which participants are encouraged to speak out loud. Breathing exercises are also an important part of this time, assisting in the release of stress while increasing oxygen levels in the brain and reducing cortisol levels.
Active Adults/Seniors
Have you ever forgotten to take your medication or missed a doctor appointment? What about your keys? If you are like most of us, you are likely to answer yes to at least one of those questions. When this happens, do you immediately become concerned about your memory? It's true that we lose brain …