THE BRAIN IS AS FLEXIBLE AS ONE’S MINDSET
Mindset Games seek to expand the capacity of the brain through mini-games that are associated with pleasure, creativity, and interaction.
Strengthen and exercise the brain.
Mindset Games was produced with the idea of creatively using sets of objects for stimulation and activities that would support older adults to make optimum use of their physical and cognitive abilities. We believe that systematic exercise of such abilities is beneficial for maintaining healthy functioning of the brain.
Mindset Games focuses on six domains
Following "Play Intervention for Dementia" (PID) and the framework of "Strategies and Skills Learning and Development" (SSLD), individuals can explore, re-explore, or re-visit forgotten or ignored abilities.
Benefits and results:
Participants were observed to have:
positive shift in mood
motivation
engagement
improved self-expression
improved interpersonal communication
less disruptive behaviour
enhanced cognitive abilities such as memory and language
"The care-givers' feedbacks have been positive and found their loved ones "revived". I noticed various changes not only from our service users at Yee Hong but also in care-givers, volunteers as well as our frontline staff.
- Franki Cheng, Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care employee
