Descriptions of Activities
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Post-COVIC
Sing Along
Singing provides many benefits for seniors. It can lift their spirits, increase their immunity and provide workout for their brain and their lungs. It can help improve overall mood by actually releasing certain chemicals like dopamine. Singing impacts on the elements i.e. their brain health: movement (being active), discovery (learning new things), relaxation (stabilizing mood) and connection (networking with others).
Pre-COVIC
Post-COVIC
Story Telling
There are many benefits associated with storytelling. Storytelling allows seniors to reconnect with their past and feel a renewed sense of self-worth and importance. It opens older adults' memories, encourages verbalization and promotes self-esteem. More areas of the brain respond when the information received is more emotional than factual. According to neuroscientists stories illicit a multi-sensory brain response.Each listener will glean a different emotional response and meaning to the same story based on their own ability to imagine.
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