Saint Lukes Brain Fitness Center

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Saint Lukes Brain Fitness Center

• Physically Fit?
• Now Get
• Brain Fit!

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Why Brain Fitness?

• Memory Problems A new kind of epidemic
• 4.5 Million in U.S. have memory problems
• 5 of the population AGE 65-74
• 50 of the population AGE 85
• The Conventional Wisdom Age-related Cognitive
  Decline
• Is an inevitable function of aging Is
  permanent

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The Current Research

• The Brain is Infinitely Plastic
• Specific Training can increase Plasticity
• Improved Plasticity is Lasting
• Brain Learning is measurable
• Diet and Exercise matter

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BFC Goals

• Improved Memory
• Increased Auditory and Visual Processing
• Evolved cognitive planning
• More developed cognitive flexibility
• Better executive functioning

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Improved work performance

• Increases in memory and processing translate into
  better task efficiency and productivity
• Measurable decrease in stress levels means better
  work attitude and fewer mental health days
• Fitness and nutrition training improves employee
  health and reduces sick time.

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BFC Program DesignSubjects

• The Worried Well
• MCI Mild Cognitive Impairment
• Mild to Moderate Alzheimers, Stroke, TBI, PTSD,
  Encephalopathies
• More Advanced Alzheimers

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Brain Fitness Team

• Speech-Language Pathologist
• Cognitive Training
• MBSR Training
• Physical Therapist
• Fitness Assessment
• Fitness
• Counseling/Follow
• up
• Registered Dietitian
• Dietary Assessment
• Dietary
• Counseling/Follow up

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BFC Daily Schedule

• 0900 to 1000
• Individual treatment
• Stroke, TBI, Other brain disease
• More advanced Alzheimers
• 1000 to 1100
• Small group treatment
• Mild to moderate Alzheimer's
• Stroke, TBI, Other Brain Disease

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BFC Daily Schedule

• Brain Fitness Gym
• 1300-1400
• Cognitive Module
• 1400-1430
• MBSR Training
• 1430-1500
• Fitness Assessment and Counseling
• Nutritional Assessment and Counseling

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Program Evaluation

• Standardized Testing
• Admission, Discharge, Follow-up
• Annual Functional Skills Assessment
• Telephone follow-up
• Individual follow-up testing
• Daily Cognitive Performance Data
• Research Protocols

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BFC Version 2.0The Future

• Suburban-Based BFCs
• South,
• Lees Summit,
• Northland
• Evening Brain Fitness Gym

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Saint Lukes Brain Fitness Center

• John Corbaley, Program Director
• Dr. Marilyn Rymer, Medical Director
• The Brain Fitness Center is supported
• in part by a generous grant from
• the Oppenstein Brothers Foundation

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For more information Contact

• Julie Reisenbichler
• Brain Fitness Specialist
• John Corbaley
• Program Director
• 816-932-2250
• 4400 Broadway, Suite 100
• Kansas City, Missouri 64111