Virtual Community Class: Art Appreciation with FOR LOVE & ART
Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville, Arkansas – Join FOR LOVE & ART for art appreciation! Each week, you will virtually visit a partner museum's artwork. You will reflect, recollect, and share your thoughts, feelings, and even body sensations. To celebrate art is to celebrate LIFE! This event will take place at the AFA Teal Room: www.alzfdn.org/afatealroom.
Movement Tip with Jackie
Small Movements – Join AFA’s Jackie Gatto, MS, R-DMT, LCAT-LP, CDP, every Monday for a brief movement tip! Each week, Jackie will provide a movement directive for you to explore at home. Feel free to save and revisit these directives anytime you need to move your body! This week we will explore Small Movements. This […]
Virtual Community Class: Love Songs Concert with The Caravan of Angels
Join AFA for Valentine's with a virtual music performance filled with familiar love songs! The Caravan of Angels Foundation is a non-profit organization that makes theater more accessible by bringing professional singers out into the community and performing numerous familiar Broadway and well-known songs. Let's unwind with some music while enjoying some reminiscence and fun! […]
Virtual Community Class: Stretch & Flex Fitness
Join AFA's Manager of Therapeutic Programming, Jackie, MS, R-DMT, LCAT-LP, for a low-impact chair fitness class! This class will target all major muscle groups while focusing on a range of motion, strength, posture, and fun! Wear comfortable/loose-fitting clothing and sneakers and join us for a fun fitness class! No prior fitness experience is required. This event […]
Virtual Community Class: Story Move-Along with Senior Station
Senior Station is an online program that combines movement, storytelling, and fun. Join Senior Station’s founder, John Byrne, on a virtual journey. In this story move-along, John will guide you through Hawaii for this episode of Senior Station! You will explore jungles and sacred pools as we swim, hike, and surf through the South Pacific […]
Virtual Professional Training: Aging Through Traumatic Stress: Analyzing the Effects of Stress and Race on Alzheimer’s Disease
Recent studies have shown there is a higher rate of Alzheimer’s disease among BIPOC, particularly African Americans and Hispanics/Latinx. This training explores the potential risk factors that increase the likelihood, especially the effects of racial traumatic stress on the brain. This encompasses healthcare disparities, housing and food insecurity, and racial microaggressions experienced on a daily […]
Virtual Voyage Wednesday: Still Branch Virtual Tour
Join AFA for Virtual Voyage Wednesday! Every Wednesday evening, we will take you on virtual tours globally from the comfort of home. For this week, get a better sense of how water gets treated at Still Branch Treatment Facility in Griffin, Georgia! Sit back, relax, and enjoy a virtual voyage! This event will take place […]
Virtual Community Class: Music & Movement with Jackie
Join AFA’s Manager of Therapeutic Programing, Jackie, MS, R-DMT, LCAT-LP, CDP, for a rhythmic and up-lifting virtual movement session! Both in chairs and standing, this virtual session incorporates dance and movement to awaken the body and inspire the soul. A variety of props may be used to encourage participants to move the body in different ways, […]
Activity Tip for the Weekend: Winter Olympics at Home
Let’s bring the fun of the Winter Olympics into the home! In this activity tip, you will discover fun Winter Olympic themed activities to do a home. This event will take place on AFA's Facebook page: www.facebook.com/alzheimersfoundationofamerica.
Virtual Community Class: Gardening with Sallie
Join Horticultural Therapist, Sallie Stutz for a virtual gardening activity. In this virtual session, you will learn all about feeding winter birds! Sallie will provide 3 different activities to feed the birds during cold winter months. Here are a few things you will need for this class: Tray Pipe cleaners or jute, string Darning or […]
