Brain Exercises and Dementia🧠
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▪️How do you think:
▪️Can you help your brain stay healthy and avoid memory loss by challenging your mind daily?
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🙌YES, staying mentally active is beneficial for you and can delay loss of memory.
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▪️But what about people who already have dementia?
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Research suggests that "brain exercises" can also improve the ability to think in people with dementia. It can also delay further cognitive impairment. For people with dementia and their caregivers that equals better quality of life.
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Keeping patients with dementia socially involved and mentally active may be challenging, but it's crucial that they continue doing their hobbies and other activities.
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What other brain exercises are good for people with dementia?
✔️simple calculations
✔️reading books at loud
✔️telling stories and role-playing
✔️imagery exercises to stimulate the senses
✔️dancing
✔️playing musical instruments
✔️listening to music
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It's worth remembering to avoid too difficult activities that may cause frustration in the patient. Let's encourage activities that dementia sufferers can cope with.
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Every caregiver should also try to reduce stress in patients with dementia. Excessive stress reduces memory capacity also in people without any brain disease.
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👉Are you a caregiver to somebody with dementia?
👉Do you regularly visit your grandparents and you started to worry about their memory problems?
👉Would you like to know what can you do to improve their brain health?
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📥Contact us at geral@hpbrain.org or visit our websitehpbrain.org
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