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18 BAYCREST | 2024 The Kimel Family Centre for Brain Health and Wellness Our centre is where people age 50+ prioritize their brain health. A personal assessment determines individual risks for developing dementia. Members are then "prescribed" a wellness and lifestyle plan to help reduce specific risk factors. This is a unique and remarkable undertaking that will clarify just how lifestyle choices affect whether people develop dementia. Here's how it works: • New members take part in a thorough assessment that includes simple genetic and memory tests, blood work, and details of chronic health conditions, general health, lifestyle, muscle mass, and physical fitness levels. Gut health and brain health are closely linked, so we also get a baseline of their gut microbiome. Members are assessed every year. • Each member receives a personalized plan based on their individual needs and participates in programs such as fitness and aquatics; lectures and continuing education; mind, body, and soul wellness; performing arts; nutrition and cooking; fine arts and crafts; events, games, and social clubs. • Members with a high risk of developing dementia receive enriched programming tailored especially for them. • All programming promotes social engagement as loneliness is a known risk for cognitive decline. Over time we'll learn just how much lifestyle choices can help reduce dementia. What we learn will save lives. Lifestyle choices for health and science

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