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June 2006 - WEL, World Elder Land, The Alzheimer’Äôs Association of the Capital Area and Holy Cross Hospital have teamed up to facilitate an interactive, meaningful and creative program to better the quality of life of elders, caregivers, people with Alzheimer’Äôs and other forms of dementia.
Minding Your Memory, Keeping Your Brain Active. Presentation at Holy Cross Hospital in Maryland - June 2006.
Jackie Diehl, Community Health Coordinator, Holy Cross Hospital, presenting welcoming remarks.
Kathy J. Ward, president of WEL, World Elder Land, Universal Peace Ambassador and member of the Alzheimer's Association Speakers Bureau facilitating this meaningful program.
At the registration table, welcoming all participants...
All aspects of wellness are equally important for a better brain, our health and quality of life.
Betterment of:
the physical body, the mind and the spiritual body...
The audience made suggestions for meaningful better ways for elders to nurture, day-by-day, their personal wellness...
During the presentation we were able to motivate and educate our participants on practical ways to start their own wellness plan...
Causes of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia...
Studies suggest that strategies for general healthy living may also help reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's.
And how the brain works? ¬ÝAnd how to stimulate all parts of brain functioning?
Detoxification of our body for a better and healthier brain...
What is 'cognitive fitness' and how and what activities stimulate underutilized areas of the brain to improve memory?
’ÄúRegular practice of meditation appears to slow down the rate at which certain areas of the brain thin with age,’Äù says study author Sara Lazar, Ph.D.
We learned a few practical ways of how to meditate... a quiet place, make sure you are not too tired, wear loose, comfortable clothing, hands can be put in one's lap, clear your mind...
Meditation can be done most anytime. There are many ways to meditate. It all depends on each person.
Meditation and breathing exercises were practiced and experienced by all participants...
Visualization therapy is a therapy of imagining positive images and projecting yourself to a better state for promoting physical, mental and emotional health. It is often used simultaneously with meditation.
By providing positive pictures (creative imagery) and self-suggestion, visualization can change emotions that subsequently have a nurturing physical effect on the body. ¬Ý
A total of 41 community members attended this program.
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Photo: Holy Cross Hospital, MD. ¬ÝWEL, World Elder Land congratulates the wonderful staff at Senior Source for facilitating meaningful programs for all community members.
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