Keeping a Healthy and Youthful Brain
by
Peter Moulton, Ph.D.
Keeping a Healthy and Youthful Brain by Peter Moulton, Ph.D. |
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Brain Agility for Rehabilitation Centers
Brain Agility can enhance the mission and services offered by your facility as an expression of your care for the cognitive well-being of your clients. Adults in rehabilitation programs for recovery from orthopedic surgery and problems not related to brain injury or organic cognitive impairment, may be concerned with perceptions of mild cognitive decline. This may be due to relocation stress, no longer being able to rely on habitual procedures for mobility, residuals from surgery, or a host of other factors. Brain Agility's program of mental exercise may help such individuals improve cognitive functioning and a sense of mental sharpness. Brain Agility can be used individually or in groups. Individually, the exercises can provide 20 to 30 minutes, or longer, of purposeful mental activity each day. A group meeting three to five times a week, with or without a staff coach, might focus on the exercises, healthy lifestyle issues, or both. Group settings allow sharing strategies for the exercises and personal approaches to improving mental and physical health. They also provide social interaction which is important for maintaining brain health. Brain Agility is optionally available in a workbook format partitioned into five sets of weekly materials to be inserted into a 3-ring binder. Individuals may find this more manageable than receiving the whole book at once. In group settings, this format can help the group leader equalize the pace of the group members and also provide a weekly incentive for attendance. In individual settings it allows a staff member to present the material and to provide encouragement incrementally. Your facility might offer the standard edition book as a welcome gift for new clients, as a holiday gift, or at a discounted price. The book might also be offered for sale for clients to send to family and friends. A very attractive feature is that the book can be printed with customized front and back covers to your specification. Volume discounts are available. For details contact: Northwest Border Publications P.O. Box 11752 Eugene, OR 97440 tel: 541.345.2204 fax: 541.344.0796 info@nwbpub.com
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