Brain Health Education and Community Resources
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
― Helen Keller
Get Connected
Not quite sure where to start?
Below is information and links to local and national organizations to help you get active, improve your nutrition and sleep, and connect you to support programs.
Get Active!
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You will learn basic resistance training, balance, and flexibility techniques while becoming more physically active.
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Physical activity is important to your health, well-being and quality of life. These tips from the Public Health Agency of Canada will help you improve and maintain your health by being physically active every day.
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ParticipACTION is a national non-profit organization that inspires and supports Canadians to make physical activity a vital part of their everyday life.
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Hello Brain provides easy-to-understand scientific information about brain health.
Ottawa Public Health has an information-filled page about your brain and how it keeps your body active.
Make Healthy Choices!
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Health Canada offers a variety of resources on nutrition and healthy eating to help Canadians adopt a healthy and active lifestyle.
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Knowing that diet has a direct impact on cognitive function and that there are few evidence-informed tools out there to help people shift their pattern of eating to help prevent dementia-related diseases, the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) has developed resources to support dietary change.
This includes a brain health food guide and a brochure that explain the food pyramid their research supports.
1) Brain Health Food Guide (CCNA)
2) Brain Health Food Guide (Greenwood, 2016)
3) The Brain Health Food Guide: How to Lower your Risk of Dementia
4) Is Canada’s new Food Guide good for brain health?
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A wealth of food programs and initiatives are active around the province. Explore the NB Food Programs Map and be inspired! Thank you to the many New Brunswickers who have added food programs to the map.
"It takes two flints to make a fire.”
— Lousia May Alcott, author
Sleep easier
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Get information about sleep and sleep disorders, find books on sleep authored by Canadian experts, and get current scientific and clinical developments concerning the screening, diagnosis, and management of insomnia.
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My Sleepwell is a not-for-profit initiative with Dalhousie University that aims to help Canadians sleep better through education and research.
You can find Sleepwell’s sleep diary and other sleep tools, here.
A sleep diary is an essential tool for improving your sleep. Use it to track your sleep patterns and improvements over time by recording your sleep each morning.
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Sleep on it Canada offers tools and resources for improving Canadian’s sleep and health.
Check out their tools and resources and online learning programs here.
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The Canadian Sleep Research Consortium is as a national hub of sleep scientists and clinicians advancing research and interventions to optimize sleep health throughout the lifespan.
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The Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network’s brochure provides tips and techniques for a good night’s sleep without using sleeping pills.
Need an Extra Hand?
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There are several home support agencies throughout New Brunswick. Agencies contracted by the NB Department of Social Development must adhere to the province’s Home Support Service Standards, which requires agencies to hire only qualified personal support workers with the Home Support Service Standards training.
For a list of home support agencies contracted by Social Development, click here.
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Developed by the Department of Social Development, Social Supports NB is a user-friendly website designed to help people living in New Brunswick find information about accessing government and community programs and resources to help them live healthy, well-supported life. Families and caregivers will find useful information here, as well.
Visit their Help for Seniors navigation page to learn about the programs, services, and support available to older adults.
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The New Brunswick Association for Community Living (NBACL) assists people with a disability and their families live full, meaningful lives and participate in society.
Depending on the needs of the individual, they could get support through the Disability Support Program (DSP) for assistance including:
a home support worker,
respite,
supports for community participation,
personal living skills training,
transportation supports, and
technical supports and assistive devices not covered under other programs.
For more information on how to apply directly to DSP, click here.
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The New Brunswick Community Transportation Service is a provincial network of non-profit organizations that offer affordable, accessible transportation through volunteer drivers.
The goal of this program is to help New Brunswickers access services, amenities and opportunities that will allow them to stay healthy, remain in their homes longer and become more self-sufficient. Along with providing transportation, the New Brunswick Community Transportation Service also fosters community connection. The program tries to make a good match between the volunteer drivers and their clients.
To read more about available transportation services, click here.
View a list of local community transportation service providers here.
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The Long Term Care (LTC) Program helps older adults, 65 years and over, explore what services may meet their specific care needs and goals. The LTC Program provides a range of personal supports, and social and residential services to individuals who need help with daily activities to live as independently as possible.
Check out the Long Term Care Program brochure and Caregivers’ Guide.
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Ability NB aims to empower the independence and full community participation of persons throughout New Brunswick with mobility disabilities. Some of Ability NB’s programs include Rehabilitation Counselling, Transition NB, Para NB, and Peer Support.
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The Alzheimer Society of New Brunswick exists to alleviate the personal and social consequences of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias by providing support, education, and advocacy and to promote the search for a cause and a cure.
Alzheimer Society: Find essential facts about dementia in multiple languages here and resources for diverse cultures and communities here.
Educational Tools and Shareable Content
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