Group Mental Fitness Classes for Senior Communities in Tampa
SUBSCRIPTION GROUP CONTENT LED BY SENIOR LIVING PROFESSIONALS
Subscription Group Content — Led By Senior Living Professionals
In addition to one-on-one cognitive coaching and premier group cognitive stimulation sessions led by Fit Minds, certified cognitive coaches, we also offer subscription content designed to be delivered by your community’s program and lifestyle enrichment specialists. Our group session content and training make it easy for senior living staff to offer engaging mental fitness programming that exercise five areas of cognition:
- Language and music
- Visual/spatial orientation
- Memory
- Critical thinking
- Computation
Our turn-key lesson plans are accessible online. Our subscription group content enables you and your staff to offer residents mental fitness programming designed to engage people with different levels of memory loss and dementia. Research shows that cognitive stimulation therapy improves quality of life and may help slow the loss of cognitive function in people with dementia.
Group mental engagement for dementia patients can benefit your residents in numerous ways. Engaging mental fitness activities like these can also foster social relationships, enhance self-esteem, improve sleep, and help reduce anxiety and depression.
“Regular use of CST encourages individuals to higher levels of mental activity thereby reducing their risk of developing dementia.” Gates & Valenzuela, 2010
“CST can be used to stabilize or even improve the cognitive functioning of individuals suffering from mild Alzheimer’s disease.” Bottino et al, 2005; Matsuda et al 2010
Group sessions
If you care for people with memory loss or Alzheimer’s, you may already be aware of the benefits of group settings. Group content is designed for independent seniors or those in assisted living or memory care communities.
In the United Kingdom, their national health guidelines mandate group cognitive stimulation. “People with mild / moderate dementia of all types should be given the opportunity to participate in a structured group cognitive stimulation programme. This should be delivered irrespective of any anti-dementia drug received by the person with dementia.” -The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Guideline 42
Our mental fitness subscription content is designed for a wide variety of people — independent seniors as well as those in assisted living or memory care communities.
Fit Minds Provides Your Community With the Following:
Our subscription content, provides your activity professionals with turn-key lesson plans that offer unique content each week so that your residents are continually exposed to new content across five key areas of cognition. Fit Minds is a solution for your program specialists to provide, novel content that engages people across a wide range of cognitive abilities. Our offerings include:
- Customized brain exercises: We provide you with weekly customized small group brain exercises, activities and materials covering five key areas of cognition. Fit Minds trains your program and activity specialists so they can easily access online content and regularly lead mental fitness sessions for your residents.
“Wonderful training – super helpful. Easy to take and implement” Megan Broadhead
What’s A Typical Mental Fitness Session Like?
Each program session exercises five key areas of cognition:
- Language and music: The high-level cognitive function involved in reading, writing and communicating
- Visual/spatial orientation: Understanding how objects relate to one’s physical body and being able to distinguish between similar objects
- Memory: Being able to recall previously learned information
- Critical thinking: The ability to reason and analyze
- Computation: Simple and more advanced exercises involving numbers
This kind of group mental engagement for seniors provides the type of stimulation that is associated with better cognitive function as well as a lowered risk of cognitive decline and dementia. Interesting content makes it easy for senior living professionals to mentally engage residents in a novel, interactive way that encourages and supports them — regardless of their degree of memory loss.
Contact Fit Minds Today
If you’re looking for engaging group brain exercises and mental fitness activity content for seniors,
Please contact us at Fit Minds. Offering your residents this kind of group mental engagement not only benefits them can but helps set your community apart from others as well by offering cognitive stimulation.
“I’ve had the opportunity to see Fit Minds programs in action from the very start, I was impressed with the difference the Fit Minds programs made in the lives of my residents when I was the general manager at Portobello Manor. I remember with one family in particular, the improvement of her memory and the ability to interact with her kids had a huge impact on the family relationships.”
– Marie-France Lalonde – Member of Provincial Parliament, Ottawa-Orléans
“I have been in the senior living industry for more than twenty years and was also a Program Specialist and Client Advocacy for the Florida Gulf Coast Alzheimer’s Association. Fit Minds works! I love it!”
I’ve had the opportunity to see Fit Minds programs in action from the very start, I was impressed with the difference the Fit Minds programs made in the lives of my residents when I was the general manager at Portobello Manor. I remember with one family in particular, the improvement of her memory and the ability to interact with her kids had a huge impact on the family relationships
“Hourly sitters or group activities are not an antidote, as they rarely offer true personal engagement. As a result, I jumped at the opportunity to try Fit Minds. My brother observed a coaching session one day, astounded at the capabilities brought out that he thought were long gone… ”
“The Fit Minds program has been amazing for the residents at our community. Janet Knupp and her team take the time to develop active learning projects. Our residents who are independent living love the challenges, and we have noticed improvements with the residents who have some memory issues; especially in confidence building, socialization, and short term recall. I recommend anyone try Fit Minds!“
“ I support two Fit Minds clients with very different levels of cognitive impairment by successfully tackling various Fit Minds activities, my independent living client is gaining self-confidence as well as demonstrating improved memory and verbal skills. My client in memory care displays focus and determination when completing activities.”
It’s evident to me that Fit Minds is committed to serving seniors 1-on-1. It is amazing to see how engaged seniors with dementia can be with cognitive stimulation. Brain health is just as important as physical health.
Fit Minds is a truly unique and valuable program. They have been working with my mother for over a year. My mother has dementia, but they are able to bring life back in cognitive areas that are fading too fast. Some days they are even able to get mom to read again. Most of all they connect and engage with her on a personal level, a priceless gift. Janet, Amy, Susan, are amazing. A great opportunity for any senior, not just those with dementia.
“My mom thrived with Fit Minds. She was able to do things we thought she had lost forever.”
“Fit Minds is committed to ensuring that we, as coaches, are continuously prepared to successfully provide the highest-level cognitive coaching for our seniors. Starting with the online certification program, progressing into hands-on training and continuing with timely personal support when needed, we have the tools to achieve results for our clients and their families.”
“Mom has been working with FitMinds for over a year now and we could not be happier. Her coach, Michele, has done far more than just working on improving or maintaining her cognitive skills, but through FitMinds has established a loving and caring friendship with her. I have such peace knowing that FitMinds is checking in with mom a couple of times a week.”
“I cried tears of joy when I saw my mom interacting with her granddaughters… This was the first time she acted like a grandma in two years.”
“Our residents thoroughly enjoy both the group and individual sessions provided by Fit Minds. Not only are the activities fun and engaging but also therapeutic ultimately reaping cognitive benefit. Thank you to Janet and her amazing team!!“
“Wonderful training – super helpful and easy to take and implement.”
“I have been in the industry for 25 years and have seen a lot of programming. Fit Minds stands head and shoulders above the rest. This is a complete solution that allows us to adapt to our clients’ individual needs and is easily executed by our staff. I saw first-hand the positive impact that the program had on my residents.”
“Both Independent living and Assisted living residents have benefited from the FitMinds Group Sessions. It is amazing to see how engaged they are and how each one progressively tackles more complex activities. What a privilege it is work with individuals and families who value their brain fitness health!”
“I’ve had the opportunity to see Fit Minds programs in action from the very start, I was impressed with the difference the Fit Minds programs made in the lives of my residents when I was the general manager at Portobello Manor. I remember with one family in particular, the improvement of her memory and the ability to interact with her kids had a huge impact on the family relationships.”
“The face-to-face interaction, whether in a group or one on one session is what works! You are stimulating their minds. When Howie and I do our one-on-one sessions, we also talk about things we have in common for language discussion. We form a relationship above and beyond the exercises. It’s great stimulation.”
“My family and I are grateful to have wonderful coaches work with Mom on a weekly basis. We especially enjoy the reports that show us her engagement with various subjects and love to see how the Fit Minds staff always put a smile on her face. Thank you, Michele and Janet, for genuinely caring about Mom.”
“People with mild / moderate dementia of all types should be given the opportunity to participate in a structured group cognitive stimulation programme. This should be delivered irrespective of any anti-dementia drug received by the person with dementia.”
Fit Minds is an amazing program that delivers real results that matter – both for the client, the family, physicians overseeing the client’s care, etc. I work in the healthcare field and have seen firsthand the life-changing impact that this program has on people. I can’t say enough great things about it. If you are on the fence about whether or not to give it a try – just do it, and see for yourself.
The Fitminds program has been amazing for the residents at our community. Janet Knupp and her team take the time to develop active learning projects. Our residents who are independent living love the challenges, and we have noticed improvements with the residents who have some memory issues; especially in confidence building, socialization, and short term recall. I recommend anyone try Fit Minds!
“I became motivated and more confident about engaging in cognitive activities. I started to read again! I came to understand that simply doing crossword puzzles was not enough to keep my brain healthy.”
“The biggest reward of working with seniors in building relationships of trust and watching them improve their cognitive abilities.”
Fit Minds’ coaches have been supporting Inspired Living at Tampa for years. We were one of the first communities in Florida to realize the value of cognitive stimulation! We have seen positive results for all of the residents who receive one-on-one Personal Trainer for the Mind sessions. We love that the one-on-one sessions are specific to each resident’s cognitive abilities. Fit Minds’ coaches are professional and have formed meaningful relationships with our residents as well. We loved the results we were seeing so much that we invited Fit Minds to also offer group cognitive stimulation sessions! We invite the public to come see one!
We have been using Fit Minds in our Memory Care community and it has been very well received by the residents and their families. It’s fun and stimulating for them and keeps them curious and involved.
Fit Minds always treats their clients with respect and works with them to improve their cognition and improve quality of life.
“Both coaches recently made the time to be significantly present for my mother’s birthday, and that speaks volumes. Her face lit up when she saw them arrive, as they are now an integral part of her world.”
I have known Janet and Peg for about a year now, and have used Fit Minds for the group program in 2 Memory Care communities. I have witnessed interactions and participation from residents who I never even thought understood, It is truly a priceless opportunity for senior living, and especially for those with dementia. And on top of all of that, everyone at Fit Minds are incredibly talented and humble individuals who I have the upmost respect for. Cheers to you, Fit Minds! I recommend this program for anyone in the senior living industry, you can thank me later!
“Fit Minds coaches care deeply about supporting seniors to retain their cognitive functioning and quality of life. I have met many of them and they are smart, professional and caring. I truly wish I knew about them for my parents.“