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Brain Health Noho ora pai ana I te korokeke – Living well with Dementia Autumn 2021 Brain Health Keeping the brain active – John enjoys a Next Chapter group at Greymouth Library together with two lovely grandchildren of Librarian Sue. 0800 444 776 and 0800 259 226 (West Coast) www.dementiacanterbury.org.nz Contents From The Manager From The Manager................................ 2 Tena koutou Brain Tree ................................................... 3 The launch into 2021 started well, but like so many we have had to put most of our services on hold in fits and starts due to Covid-19. This is a reality all New Introducing New Staff ......................... 4 Zealanders are living with. It makes us appreciate the urgent need to develop Community Education Seminars ...... 5 and upgrade our digital services/portals so that whatever level we are in, services can be accessed. To that end we have secured some funding to employ a digital Volunteer Update .................................. 5 expert to help us realign and develop our services over the next 12 months. Brain Health ........................................6/7 We have also been very fortunate to fulfill a long-held goal of a Kaumatua being Eating to Improve Your part of our team supporting us to develop services with a cultural focus and to Brain Health ........................................8/9 work in culturally appropriate ways. Exercise and Brain Health .................10 We also welcome a new Key Worker to the team. Delirium .................................................. 11 We have made some service changes in 2021 with a beefed-up cognitive Activity Toolkit Launch ......................12 stimulation series in the city offering 8 groups per month. And we are delighted to have held our first Lunch & Learn session for the year providing guest New Partnership ..................................12 speakers/educators and a shared lunch for families of those living with younger Younger Onset Programme .............13 onset dementia. Activity Groups Update .....................14 One of our major fundraisers for the year – The Dementia Canterbury Charity Golf Tournament took place in March with great support from businesses and Activity Groups across individuals, and we thank everyone for making it a success. our Region .............................................15 Keep an eye out for our Dementia Walk coming up in April. More details further Region Updates on in this newsletter and via Eventbrite. – Ashburton Region ...........................16 And finally, with March being Brain Health Month we have focused this Kaikoura Region ................................... 17 newsletter on the many things we can all do to maintain brain health and West Coast Region .............................18 reduce the risk of developing dementia. Did you know that 40% of risk for developing dementia involves factors we can modify? Read on to find out Brain Research Study..........................19 more. Kitcal – Helping the Whole Whaowhia te kete matauranga (Fill your basket of knowledge) Family Keep in Touch .........................20 Events – Annual Appeal Watch out for some excellent Brain Health messaging on our Facebook (2020) .......................................................21 page and Website: https://www.facebook.com/DementiaCanterburyNZ/ https://www.dementiacanterbury.org.nz/ Walk for Dementia – Sunday 11 April 2021 ..........................................22 Nga Mihi Funding – Thanks to; Bulbs for Darral Campbell Sale; Stamps for Library .....................23 Manager Proudly Supported by .......................24 Address: 3/49 Sir William Pickering Drive, Christchurch Postal Address: PO Box 20567, Dementia: variations, risk and prevention Christchurch 8543 The NZ Brain Research Institute is running a series of free public education Ph: 0800 444 776 events to mark International Brain Awareness Month in March: West Coast 0800 259 226 Friday 26th March 2021, 10.30am – 11.30 at the St Mark’s Methodist Church, Email: [email protected] 5 Somerfield Street, Barrington, Christchurch. Registrations are essential at Website: www.dementiacanterbury.org.nz www.nzbri.org/march26 0800 444 776 and 0800 259 226 (West Coast) 2 www.dementiacanterbury.org.nz Brain Tree How exciting is this? Work is certainly underway at the new site in Langdons Road. CBC are still fundraising to help off-set the costs of building. For more information visit: https://www.canterburybraincollective.org/ March 2021. Image of the building Brain Tree which we hope to be moving into in around 12 months time. 0800 444 776 and 0800 259 226 (West Coast) www.dementiacanterbury.org.nz 3 Introducing New Staff Kaumatua Kathy Simmons Tena Koutou Katoa Ko Katy Simmons Toku ingoa Ko Whakapuanaki toku Maunga Ko Takitimu te Waka Ko Ngati Kahungunu ki Wairoa toku Iwi Tena koutou katoa As you can see, I am of Maori descent from the North Island. My background is Nursing and have worked as a Practice Nurse as well as an Educator with Arthritis NZ. For the last 11 years I have worked in Hauora Maori Health working with Kaumatua and then at Christchurch Womens Hospital with Mother’s and Babies, and Women’s health also. I feel privileged to assist from a Cultural perspective with Dementia Canterbury. I look forward to meeting you all along on this journey. Arohanui Kathy Key Worker Carol Sowerby Carol comes to us from a background in Nursing. She has worked as a District Nurse and also has significant experience in the Aged Residential Care sector. Carol will be covering areas in northern Christchurch, Waimakariri and Hurunui. CEO – Dementia New Zealand – Scott Arrol We are delighted to introduce you to Scott Arrol who is the new CEO for Dementia New Zealand. Scott is a highly experienced leader with a broad commercial, business development and governance background particularly in the New Zealand health sector. Scott has spent the past 18+ years at the forefront in both the home-based and aged care sectors along with other key areas of community health which has included roles with Healthcare of New Zealand, Radius Health, Kindercare and more recently the CEO of New Zealand Health IT. Scott is a member of the NZ Institute of Directors and led the transformation of NZHIT to a leading body for New Zealand’s digital health sector. 0800 444 776 and 0800 259 226 (West Coast) 4 www.dementiacanterbury.org.nz Community Education Seminars Dementia Canterbury offer free Community Education Note these Seminars will only take place under Level Seminars open to all. Each session is on a specific topic One of Covid-19 Restrictions. At any other Covid-19 Level, delivered by a professional specialist in that field. Seminars will be cancelled. You can find the CES pamphlet February – June 2021 on Please also check on our website for a range of videos from our website: https://www.dementiacanterbury.org.nz/ previous Seminars: https://www.dementiacanterbury. free-community-education-seminars org.nz/free-community-education-seminars Please ensure you register either by email to [email protected] or phone 03 379 2590, as places are limited. Volunteer Update Dementia Canterbury is very pleased with the online Volunteer Training modules which is making it easier for volunteers to work through. After the modules an ‘in-house’ Volunteer training session is undertaken with Donna our Educator and Alyssa our Volunteer Co-ordinator. Volunteering is one of the best ways to be socially stimulated helping people who need support and Dementia Canterbury is always looking for Volunteer Drivers, Companions, Receptionists and volunteering at Events. “Giving back is good for the Brain” For more information about volunteering or to speak directly to our Volunteer Co- ordinator contact Alyssa at 03 379 2590 or email [email protected] Volunteer Receptionists Paula and Shirley. 0800 444 776 and 0800 259 226 (West Coast) www.dementiacanterbury.org.nz 5 Brain Health People often ask us what they can do to reduce their risk of Take the Blues seriously developing dementia / or to maintain a healthy brain. Here are some important messages: A 2010 study published in Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience showed people with depression performed worse on cognitive tasks than their non- What’s good for your heart is good for depressed counterparts. ‘Treat the depression and you your brain can improve the cognitive function,’ says Aaron Newman, Ensure you have had your blood pressure checked and a neuroscientist and Associate Professor at Halifax’s that you are engaged with your GP to manage high blood Dalhousie University. pressure if you have it. It is never to early to do this. What we do between 40 – 60 matters. Many of us might be unaware that we have an increase in our blood pressure, or changes to blood-sugars which might mean we are at risk for early Diabetes. Aerobic exercise that elevates the heart rate 2 – 3 times per week for 30 minutes is helpful as are strength and balance programs. Manage stress When we’re agitated, our bodies flood our brains with cortisol. The hormone attaches to receptors in our neurons, which allows more calcium to pass through their Get Quality Rest membranes. Neurons overloaded with calcium fire too rapidly. That hyper firing kills neurons. During the day while you learn you grown neural connections in your brain. Then at night, you replay the days memories while you sleep, helping neurons to wire and fire together. Power naps (10 – 20 minutes) or up to a 90 minute nap can boost alertness and energy with the longer nap helping with emotional and procedural memory. 0800 444 776 and 0800 259 226 (West Coast) 6 www.dementiacanterbury.org.nz Brain Health Brush Up Build Friendships A study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Cognitive stimulation and social connection are significant Society found that people with none of their own teeth in helping us maintain a healthy brain. Check out what is performed 10 per cent worse on memory tests than those happening in your community or visit our Website to see with some natural teeth. Researchers have yet to determine the many groups and activities we offer. https://www.
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