Speaker: Dr. Cynthia Green Research offers strong support for the benefits of social engagement for those living with dementia across cognition as well as additional wellness goals to support quality of life. How can we understand these benefits and look to integrate more opportunity for socially-driven interactions in our activities for those living with dementia? […]
Speaker: Susan Ostrowski MA, MS, CCC-SLP In this webinar, we will: Shake up conventional notions about what it means to read and what adult text should look like. Outline practical, feasible ways to melt away the barriers to reading that many elders encounter. View and analyze videos of LTC/AL residents independently interacting with books […]
Join us for oodles of ideas to meaningfully engage individuals with their surroundings especially those living with dementia. Perhaps we are in our biggest challenge ever, to provide meaningful engagement to persons alone in their rooms. What a great opportunity to be creative. Institutionalized, isolated people need the gift of our intentionality to be able […]
According to F-Tag 744, it’s essential to engage residents with Dementia in programs that maintain their highest level of physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being. This includes providing opportunities for creative expression. Yet, engaging individuals with dementia in art can feel challenging. How do we grab their attention long enough to do art? How do we […]
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There is growing evidence that choices we make daily matter significantly to our cognitive well-being, even in the face of memory loss. This presentation will review 3 current, critical concepts in brain health science: Lifestyle interventions, cognitive training and social engagement. Attendees will learn how to apply these current findings to insure a best practices […]
When the topic of bullying comes up, we often think of the younger crowd. Additionally, the high school cliques and oftentimes silent “cyber-bullying” are all too familiar concerns with many of today’s youth. There is; however, growing attention being seriously given to this same concern in today’s senior living communities. These adult communal living settings […]
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