Our intention is to improve the lives of elders, helping them stay
mentally alert and sharp, and reducing their risk of falls and
accidents. You can participate as a group leader, a caregiver, or
on your own. Perhaps you are aging, you work with elders, or you
are concerned about your aging parents. Here's how to bring
confidence and joy into the aging years. This brightly illustrated
book, which links to 60 on-line demonstration videos, is loaded
with dozens of movements (not exercises) that anyone can do, even
the frailest elder. The payoff: increased coordination, sharper
cognitive skills, better vision, and enhanced self-confidence.
Preventing falls means preventing disaster Staying mentally alert
and sharp is paramount. Please go to our website
MoveWithBalance.org to learn about our award-winning program. Move
With Balance(r) is the winner of the 2012 MetLife MindAlert Award
from the American Society on Aging in the category for programs
designed to enhance mental fitness for the general population of
older adults. One independent study shows a 38% reduction in falls
for the treatment group. This is not a "workout" program in the
usual sense with muscle-strengthening and limbering exercises as
the primary goal. The activities combine coordinated movement with
cognitive skills. For example, we move, but while we move we read,
or recognize shapes, or recite a poem. The underlying principle:
challenge the brain and body simultaneously with some sensory-motor
activity, repeat until the challenge becomes easier or even
automatic, then up the stakes by repeating the activity at a higher
level. Once you buy the book, you have access to the videos. Along
with full color photos of the exercises, the book explains the
movements in depth, the why and the how. The videos give you a
quick visual, and in combination with the book, should make it easy
for you to learn the movements. The program is user friendly,
light-hearted and playful. Move With Balance(r), based on the most
current research in brain plasticity, vision training, and
kinesiology, uses movement to help prevent falls and enhance
cognitive functions. Our activities improve balance, sensory
integration, spatial awareness, integration of the two hemispheres
of the brain, brain timing and sequencing, reaction time, binocular
teaming, and proprioception. Additionally, our mentoring system, of
having active, mobile seniors "mentor" their more frail peers,
reduces the isolation of elders by increasing socialization. Move
with Balance(r) founder and director Karen Peterson has devoted the
past 27 years to research into the brain-body connection, 18 of
those years working with senior citizens, and the many ways that
movement can correct neurological imbalance. "This program is based
on cutting-edge science. It uses modified techniques that Olympic
athletes employ with good success. I wholeheartedly endorse this
work to make seniors safer and to help them lead more active and
productive lives." - from the Introduction by Dr. Ed Manni
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