Free Educational Series in October could help those with Mild Cognitive Impairment or Mild Dementia

Baptist Health Medical Group Neurology and Baptist Health HealthwoRx Fitness & Wellness Center will offer Brainworks, a free educational series for those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or mild dementia, each Wednesday in October at HealthwoRx in Lexington Green.

Baptist Health Medical Group Neurology and Baptist Health HealthwoRx Fitness & Wellness Center will offer Brainworks, a free educational series for those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or mild dementia, each Wednesday in October at HealthwoRx in Lexington Green.

Scheduled from 2-3:30 p.m., each program in the four-week series is designed to offer attendees information to help them live well and take control of their health. Family members are welcome to attend. Topics and speakers are:

• October 5 – “Living Well with a Diagnosis of MCI or Dementia,” Greg Cooper, MD, PhD, neurologist with Baptist Health Medical Group Neurology and the Memory Care Clinic.
• October 12 – “Mind over Matter: Strategies for Memory and Thinking,” Jessica Wilmore, MS, CCC-SLP, Speech-Language Pathology at Baptist Health Lexington
• October 19 – “Eat, Move, Live: How Food and Movement Protect Memory,” Melanie Johnson, MS, RD, LD, HealthwoRx dietitian, and Grant Gensheimer, MS, CPT, HealthwoRx exercise physiologist
• October 26 – “Coping and Adjusting to a Memory Loss Diagnosis,” April Stauffer, MS, Alzheimer’s Association, and Stephanie Freeman, MSSW, Baptist Health Memory Care Clinic

 
To register or learn more about the series, please call 859-260-4354.