Week of Events
Virtual Community Class: Baking Vegan Treats with Jackie
Virtual Community Class: Baking Vegan Treats with Jackie
Join AFA’s Jackie for a fun virtual baking class! Jackie will show you the steps to bake the best plant-based chocolate chip cookies. Ingredients: 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour ¾ tsp baking soda ¼ tsp salt ½ cup white sugar ½ cup brown sugar, packed 2 tsp vanilla extract ¾ cup vegan butter ¾ cup […]
Activity Tip for the Week: Neighborhood Walk Scavenger Hunt
Activity Tip for the Week: Neighborhood Walk Scavenger Hunt
Summer is finally here, and now it is time to enjoy the beautiful outdoors! In this week’s Activity Tip, Jackie will give you some ideas on how to create your very own scavenger hunt you can do together, while you take your daily walk in the neighborhood. Here is a list you can use, but […]
Virtual Community Class: Art with Alix
Virtual Community Class: Art with Alix
A Mindful Approach to Creating Sunprints – Join Alix Sugarman, MPS, LCAT, ATR-BC for an eye-opening virtual art therapy session. In this virtual art therapy session, Alix will guide you through the process of creating Cyanotypes. Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that produces a cyan-blue print. Engineers used the process well into the 20th century […]
Webinar: How Diet May Impact Dementia and Cognitive Decline
Webinar: How Diet May Impact Dementia and Cognitive Decline
What we eat can have many different impacts on our body, especially when it comes to cognition, Alzheimer's disease and other dementia related illnesses. This webinar will educate you on the effects that food can have on brain health. Discussion will include: What clinical symptoms define Alzheimer's dementia and cognitive decline. What pathology defines Alzheimer's […]
Virtual Community Class: Mindful Meditation
Virtual Community Class: Mindful Meditation
It is so important to find time for ourselves and connect from within. Join AFA’s Manager of Therapeutic Programming, Jackie, MS, R-DMT for a relaxing afternoon of meditation! Connect the mind and body through the use of guided mediation and relaxation techniques. To protect the health and safety of our participants and staff during the […]
Professional Training Webinar: Learning to “Talk the Talk” About Dementia – Alzheimer’s Disease from A to Z
Professional Training Webinar: Learning to “Talk the Talk” About Dementia – Alzheimer’s Disease from A to Z
During this professional training webinar, participants will learn how to “talk the talk” about dementia. This workshop will help you better understand dementia-related illnesses and how to talk about it with your aging community. The sooner we can start the conversation about brain health and wellness, the larger opportunity there is for an individual […]
Virtual Community Class: Dance Performance by The D.R.E.A.M. Ring Inc.
Virtual Community Class: Dance Performance by The D.R.E.A.M. Ring Inc.
THE D.R.E.A.M. RING Inc. (DANCE RULES EVERYTHING AROUND ME), is a community-oriented dance company which inspires, educates, and communicates through dance. This work in progress is about using this time of self-isolation to renew ourselves and restart with a blank canvas. Allowing us to create an abstract work of art within ourselves, using our past […]
Professional Training Webinar: Understanding the Path of the Wanderer
Professional Training Webinar: Understanding the Path of the Wanderer
During this professional training webinar, participants will build upon their knowledge of Alzheimer’s disease and explore symptoms that can lead a person to go out in search of something outside of their current setting. Participants will have the opportunity to explore what it may be like to walk in the shoes of a wanderer, in […]
Virtual Community Class: Disco-Funk Chair Fitness
Virtual Community Class: Disco-Funk Chair Fitness
Join AFA’s Jackie, MS, R-DMT for a low-impact chair fitness class to energize your day! Driven by the up-lifting beats of Funk and Disco music, this class will target all major muscle groups, while focusing on range of motion, strength, posture, and fun! Fitness props will be used to encourage stamina and improve flexibility. Wear […]
Activity Tip of the Weekend: Animals Livestream
Activity Tip of the Weekend: Animals Livestream
Watching animals out in the wild can be so relaxing and fun. Many zoos and aquariums such as The San Diego Zoo, Georgia Aquarium, Houston Zoo, Atlanta Zoo, and the Monterey Aquarium livestream a variety of their animals daily. In this Activity Tip, Jackie will give you some resources where to livestream some adorable animals. […]
Professional Training Webinar: Dementia’s Ripple Effect
Professional Training Webinar: Dementia’s Ripple Effect
This professional training webinar will provide an overview of dementia related illness, including Alzheimer's disease, and the impact this illness can have on the individual in terms of health, wellness, and relationships. This workshop will aim to highlight the importance of building relationships and effective communication to ensure meaningful living is achieved. Through this workshop, […]
Virtual Community Class: Music with Ariel
Virtual Community Class: Music with Ariel
Learn music-based coping techniques from Board Certified Music Therapist, Ariel Weissberger, MA, MT-BC, LCAT of Berko Music Therapy! This session will include live music and opportunities to actively participate by […]
Virtual Community Class: Chair Yoga Series: Be You
Virtual Community Class: Chair Yoga Series: Be You
Join Sheryl Oleksak, 500 ERYT for a 4-week chair yoga series that will open your heart, and connect your mind and body. This practice will bring you a sense […]