Promoting Wellness in Aging

Mental health can be improved through promoting active and healthy aging. Mental health-specific health promotion for older adults involves creating living conditions and environments that support wellbeing and that support all people to lead a healthy life.

Being physically active, socially connected and challenging your brain can improve your long-term health and can help you to bounce back from illness. “These risk factors along with a positive attitude toward aging and addressing mental health are key modifiable factors to reduce overall dementia burden by up to 35%.” (Lancet, July 2017).

 

The Brain Health and Wellness Project

Funded through the Canadian Centre for Aging & Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), our Brain Health & Wellness Project promoted brain health and resilience across the lifespan. The project utilized the Fountain of Health^TM model engaging and supporting clinicians to implement health behaviour change tools to effectively help patients set and achieve one personalized S.M.A.R.T* goal.

To learn more about the Health Behaviour Change Toolkit for clinicians and The Wellness App click here: Fountain of Health

The toolkit and app work to shift the paradigm of healthcare away from a disease-based model to one that promotes brain health by activating behaviours known to increase mental health and wellness.

"Put self-care into healthcare: one small step at a time!"

 

For more information or to participate, please contact:
The Brain Health & Wellness Project
Email: info@wellnessapp.ca Phone: 1-833-722-2151 App: wellnessapp.ca
Website: www.fountainofhealth.ca