University Of Central Florida Students Use Wii And Yoga To Help Alzheimer's Pati

[Guest guest]

<<My mother's NH approved the use of Wii and waiting for it to be

delivered - one of my boss' son wants to help the elder learn how to

use it... isn't that cute? >>

<<We had a Yoga instructor's brochures available at the LBD

Educational Presentation - the woman will be coming to one of my

upcoming meetings - to explain how Yoga benefits... and possibly

share some moves w/ the group.>>

University Of Central Florida Students Use Wii And Yoga To Help

Alzheimer's Patients

November 14, 2008

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The students from the Communication Disorders Clinic at UCF visit

participants once a week to provide traditional one-on-one therapy

sessions, followed by individual and group sessions where

participants play the Wii and yoga. The students are studying to be

therapists and are supervised by a faculty member.

The students are a part of a program called Brain Fitness.

Gerrity founded the nonprofit organization a few years ago for a very

personal reason. Her husband, then in his early 50s, was diagnosed

with a type of dementia. At the time, there were no local day

facilities that provided appropriate stimulation for persons with

early onset dementia, so she began advocating for one.

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