BrainWorks series offered for those with mild dementia

Brainworks, a free educational series for those with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia, will be offered from 1 to 2:30 p.m. each Wednesday in May at HealthwoRx in Lexington Green.

Each program in the four-week series is designed to offer attendees information to help them live well and take control of their health. Family members are welcome to attend.

Topics and speakers are:

▪ May 4: Living Well with a Diagnosis of MCI or Dementia, Dr. Greg Cooper, neurologist with Baptist Health Medical Group Neurology and the Memory Care Clinic.

▪ May 11: Mind over Matter: Strategies for Memory and Thinking, Jessica Wilmore, Speech-Language Pathology at Baptist Health Lexington

▪ May 18: Eat, Move, Live: How Food and Movement Protect Memory, Melanie Johnson, HealthwoRx dietitian, and Grant Gensheimer, HealthwoRx exercise physiologist

▪ May 25: Coping and Adjusting to a Memory Loss Diagnosis, April Stauffer, Alzheimer’s Association, and Stephanie Freeman, Baptist Health Memory Care Clinic

To register or learn more, call 859-260-4354.

This story was originally published May 2, 2016 at 9:53 AM with the headline "BrainWorks series offered for those with mild dementia."