Memory and Community through Brain Wellness

Authors

Jack T. Gilbride, University of Central FloridaFollow
Joshua Borenstein, University of Central FloridaFollow
Eryn Proano, University of Central FloridaFollow
Ariah Todriff, University of Central FloridaFollow
Christopher Maraj, University of Central FloridaFollow

Streaming Media

Files

Course Code

LDR

Course Number

3215

Faculty/Instructor

Dr. Debra Edgar

Faculty/Instructor Email

debra.edgar@ucf.edu

About the Author

This project was done by me, Joshua Borenstein, Eryn Proano, Ariah Todriff, and Christopher Maraj. We would like to thank our teacher and mentor for this assignment Dr. Debra Edgar who not only gave us the idea to do our project at Brain Wellness but who has also volunteered at Brain Wellness in the past. We would also like to thank Susan and Andrea who run the Brain Wellness at Oviedo and who were very understanding of our schedules and deadlines we had for our project.

Abstract, Summary, or Creative Statement

For our project we worked with a group called brain wellness in Oviedo. Their purpose is to provide fun brain enriching activities to older individuals suffering from dementia. We assisted in activities such as word matching games, rearranging popsicle sticks in order to make certain patterns that were displayed on a screen, and even card games like go fish. Some key things that we learned was how to address some issues that surround dementia such as trying to convince someone that they shouldn’t be driving at their age and not make that person feel upset. We also learned some more information about which age group we feel like we might to best with in the medical field.

Keywords

Service Learning; Leadership; Brain; Health Sciences

Recommended Citation

Gilbride, Jack T.; Borenstein, Joshua; Proano, Eryn; Todriff, Ariah; and Maraj, Christopher, "Memory and Community through Brain Wellness" (2023). High Impact Practices Student Showcase Fall 2023. 57.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/hip-2023fall/57