A gym for the mind 2

A Gym for the mind 2 offers new activities for patients with mild-to-moderate cognitive decline and for all those people who want to hinder the effects of brain aging, «keeping their mind fit» in a fun way. As the first book, it is the result of a cognitive stimulation programme developed at the Regional Centre for the Study and Treatment of Brain Aging.
In line with the philosophy at the base of the method, the first part, with activities to stimulate conversation, relationships with others, oneself story-telling, states a fundamental concept: the person with dementia is not just a patient in need of care but, above all, a person still able to think, do, suffer and get pleasure from life.
The second part provides support to the various cognitive abilities through exercises with temporal and spatial orientation, visual attention, memory, language, logic and hand-graph skills.
All activities can be proposed individually or in groups by professionals or family caregivers, and can be expanded and modified to suit each person’s specific needs.