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June 11-13, 2018 | London, UK
Neurology and Neuroscience
6
th
International Conference on
E
vidence has shown that active participation in the cognitive
training programmes can help people to maintain their
cognitive and functional skills. Our new, award winning,
therapeutic model was originally developed in mainland
Europe and is now available in the UK to forward thinking care
providers and other organizations, via an ongoing series of
regular training programmes or ‘Brain Gyms’. The aims are: 1)
To help prevent or delay the initial onset of dementia, and 2)
To help arrest its escalation among people in early to middle
stages of dementia. The therapeutic programmes are designed
to enhance cognitive functions and help people improve their
ability to carry out daily activities. All the programmes follow
the same structure, but use different cognitive cues, which
are focused on enhancing primarily the skills of attention
and executive function. This new model includes providing
healthcare professionals with specialist training so that they are
able to deliver the sessions to participants. The brain workout
session packs are individually designed for each participant by
a team of neuroscientists and delivered to the care provider
weekly. Cognitive performance assessments are made for each
participant, so that the measured evaluations can be carried
out regularly. Support and supervision is also provided during
the assessments, as well as guidance in setting up and running
the sessions. A demonstration video of training programmes in
progress will be shown during the presentation.
Speaker Biography
Zafeiropoulou M has completed her Bsc in psychology at the Empire State University
of New York, USA. She is a Cognitive therapist and the CEO of BRINA,-Brains In
Action UK. She has been trained in neuropsychological assessment and worked as an
assessor for 12 years. In addition, she has been involved in two clinical trial studies
both associated with dementia for pharmaceutical companies through Kings College
University. She has served as the coordinator of the ‘Care Home Research Network’ at
the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Wolfson Centre for Age-Related
Diseases, Kings College University. Also, she has participated in various standardization
projects of neuropsychological scales in regard to the diagnosis of dementia and mild
cognitive impairment. She has delivered 3 publications in prestigious scientific journals
worldwide.
e:
m.zafeiropoulou@brainsinaction.ukZafeiropoulou M
BRINA Ltd, UK
Brain Gyms for older people: A newmodel of cognitive training therapy to be run by
care providers for their clients and the local community