ListenBrain Health Resources
Physical Exercise & Dementia
Click here to read more about how physical exercise reduces the risk of developing dementia and how it helps people living with dementia.
Optimising Brain Health Across the Life Course
Many determinants are known to affect brain health at different stages of life. Optimizing brain health can not only reduces the prevalence and burden of neurological disorders, but also improve mental and physical health overall and create positive social and economic impacts, all of which contribute to greater well-being and help advance society, irrespective of the presence or absence of disorders.
The World Health Organisation has explored this in their recent paper ‘Optimising Brain Health Across the Life Course: a WHO position paper’.
Please click here for more information and to access the paper.
Brain Health by Professor Yoram Barak
Consultant Psychogeriatrician and Associate Professor Dr Yoram Barak presented his address Brain Health: What do we really know at the Christchurch Knowledge Exchange in March 2020. Click here for his Power Point presentation.
Professor Yoram Barak, Consultant Psychogeriatrician at Dunedin Public Hospital, is the author of “Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease”. The following presentation presents a synthesis of recent research into protective factors that may help reduce the risk of dementia: Mixed Brain Maintenance by Prof Yoram Barak, MD, MHA. Click here to download the pdf.
Nymbl: Living free from falls
ACC New Zealand have partnered with Nymbl Science to help older New Zealanders prevent falls and fractures.
Nymbl is designed to help seniors stay on their feet, combining simple body movements with brain games to challenge both the brain and body. Nymbl is for older adults wanting to maintain or improve their balance in the comfort and safety of their homes. All you need is a smartphone or tablet.
Learn more at www.fallsfree.co.nz
Traumatic Head Injury and the Link to Dementia (CTE)
There is no question that many contact sports carry the increased risk of knocks to the head. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is the term used to describe changes in the brain that are plausibly caused by repeated injuries to the head.
Experts are still exploring how repeated head injuries and other factors might contribute to the changes in the brain that might bring about CTE. Now, with more professional sportspeople sharing their stories, we are hearing, to a greater extent, about the impact of concussion and sub-concussive incidents on their brain health, sometimes several years later.
