Aerobics of the Mind Book

Dr. Marge Engelman's Aerobics of the Mind helps you create mental fitness programs for capable older adults. Dr. Engelman believes sound mental fitness practice is based upon the “use it or lose it” philosophy. Learn how you can encourage older adults to stretch their thinking, try new ways of behaving, stimulate memory and develop a more creative brain.

This comprehensive guide shows you how to create a mental fitness program from the ground up. Includes warm-up strategies, model programs that can be adapted for your group, thinking exercises and activities, and an annotated list of publications and organizations.

The Aerobics of the Mind DVD (available together with the book, see Choose Options below) includes on overview with techniques on how to run a successful mental fitness group. It also features interviews with Dr. Engelman and Kari Berit Gustafson.

Book created by Marge Engelman, Ph.D. Softcover, ISBN 1-57861-559-3, 220 pp, 1996, 2005. DVD is close-captioned, 60 min., 2006.

Aerobics of the Mind book and DVD are also included in the Mental Workout Library.

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