Gangseo-gu, Online Course 'Brain Strong Memory Enhancement' for Elderly Dementia Patients
5208 Registered at Gangseo-gu Dementia Relief Center... Exercise and Cognitive Enhancement Activity Videos Anyone Can Easily Follow Provided
[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] The Dementia Safety Center in Gangseo-gu, Seoul (Mayor Noh Hyun-song, Center Director Jung Ji-hyang) is operating an online course called ‘Brain Strong Memory Enhancement’ that dementia patients and high-risk elderly registered at the center can do at home due to the closure caused by COVID-19.
The center suspended all programs for the elderly and closed on February 20 to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the community.
After the closure, the center visited elderly homes to provide care and cognitive enhancement activities, but home visits were also stopped due to strengthened social distancing measures.
There is concern about worsening symptoms such as deepening depression and memory decline in dementia patients who cannot receive cognitive enhancement education due to the program suspension.
Accordingly, the center produced dementia prevention activity videos that are easy to follow at home for 2,685 high-risk elderly who need continuous care and 2,523 elderly who require treatment among the 36,680 registered elderly, and decided to conduct online courses and monitor their progress.
Currently, four videos are provided, which include beginner-level exercises that elderly staying at home must perform and home cognitive enhancement education programs to build a healthy brain.
The online course is open to anyone aged 65 or older living in the area, not only those registered at the center, and related videos can be received by contacting the Gangseo-gu Dementia Safety Center.
Also, videos can be watched by searching ‘Gangseo-gu Dementia Safety Center’ on YouTube.
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A district official said, “We hope this dementia prevention online course will be of some help to the elderly,” and added, “We will continue to do our best so that the elderly can live healthily without worrying about dementia through daily dementia prevention.”
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