{"id":1260,"date":"2013-03-12T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T09:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/?p=1260"},"modified":"2013-04-09T07:24:12","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T07:24:12","slug":"health-programme-by-bupa-health-foundation-and-alzheimers-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/archives\/1260","title":{"rendered":"Health Programme by Bupa Health Foundation and Alzheimer\u2019s Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"e17a4524-3dd5-43b4-80ff-50c8711c7259\"<\/a>Alzheimer\u2019s Australia is the charity for people with dementia<\/a> and their families and their carers. As the peak body, it provides advocacy, support services, education and information.\u00a0 Alzheimer\u2019s Society champions the rights of people living with dementia and the millions of people who care for them<\/p>\n

The Bupa Health Foundation helps build a healthier Australian community through its support of important health research, health education and other healthy living programmes.<\/p>\n

The Bupa Health Foundation and Alzheimer\u2019s Australia have announced the UK launch of a world-first brain health app, the latest digital tool to help in the fight against dementia.<\/p>\n

Based on latest research that links brain health and a reduced risk of dementia, to a healthy heart and cardiovascular system, \u2018BrainyApp\u2019 is the first dementia risk reduction iPhone app designed to help people monitor and improve their brain-heart health.<\/p>\n

The new app, which was designed by Alzheimer\u2019s Australia and Bupa Health Foundation, has already knocked Facebook off the number one spot in the Australia and New Zealand Top Free Apps list and has clocked up more than 130,000 downloads down under.<\/p>\n

Now available to people in the UK, \u2018BrainyApp\u2019 helps users monitor and improve the physical, mental, dietary and social aspects of their lifestyle.\u00a0 There are currently 750,000 people living with dementia in the UK and this is predicted to rise to over a million by 2021.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Hughes, Chief Executive, Alzheimer\u2019s Society, said: \u201cMost people know how to reduce their risk of heart disease, diabetes and stroke but they don\u2019t realise that the same healthy lifestyle choices may also lower the risk of developing Alzheimer\u2019s disease and other kinds of dementia.\u00a0 The idea is that what is good for the heart is also good for the brain.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018BrainyApp\u2019 allows users to take a brain-heart health survey about their diet, exercise patterns and lifestyle. It then provides suggestions and ideas about how to make improvements to each. It also includes all-new brain games, and encourages users to build brain-heart points by staying physically and mentally active, socialising with friends and family, and sharing their progress on Facebook.<\/p>\n

One of the brain games \u2013 \u2018Word Tennis\u2019 \u2013 requires players to unscramble anagrams in order to move a paddle and hit a ball back to their opponent.<\/p>\n

Director of dementia care for Bupa Care Services, Dr Graham Stokes, said: \u201cThere is evidence to show that keeping the mind exercised can stave off the onset of dementia but \u2018BrainyApp\u2019 highlights that good physical health also has a part to play. Best of all it\u2019s good fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

More information about BrainyApp is available at www.bupa.co.uk\/brainy-app.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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