Kimel Family Centre for Brain Health and Wellness

Summary

Participants (n=450; aged 50+; without a diagnosis of dementia; sufficiently fluent in English to complete the assessments and engage in programming) receive a comprehensive dementia risk assessment, including nonmodifiable and modifiable risk factors, from which they receive a Personalized Dementia Risk Report and Program Strategy, indicating their health conditions increasing and their risk level in five modifiable risk domains: physical activity, brain- healthy eating, cognitive engagement, social connections, and mental wellbeing. Equipped with this information, participants enroll in programs within the Centre to address their risk factors. Changes to their dementia risk, cognition, and Personalized Program Strategy are communicated through re-assessments of risk factors every six months (risk and cognition) and every year (comprehensive assessment).

Conditions

• Prevention
• Dementia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Physical Activity

Participants can chose (with input from a kinesiologist as required) from courses of varying intensity in our gym, warm water pool, or classrooms.

BEHAVIORAL

Brain-healthy Eating

Participants take five foundational courses: Brain-healthy eating, Healthy protein choices, Colour your diet: Maximize the benefits of fruits and vegetables; Interpreting nutrition facts labels; and Salt and sugar: How much is too much? They are also encouraged to take additional nutrition programs.

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Engagement

Participants can sign up for any lecture, discussion group, book club, creative arts program, etc. linked to the Cognitive Engagement risk factor.

BEHAVIORAL

Social Connections

Social Connections are baked into all other programming. Our instructors are trained in how to foster connections among participants, through peer coaching, ice-breakers, etc., and are asked to leave some time at the beginning and end of programs for participants to chat. We also hold special social events such as game nights.

BEHAVIORAL

Mental Wellbeing

Participants are encouraged to enroll in one a week of relevant programming (e.g., meditation, relaxation).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Baycrest

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Nicole D. Anderson, PhD, CPsych · Baycrest

• Howard Chertkow, MD · Baycrest

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

50 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-03-26

Primary Completion

2027-08-31

Completion

2027-08-31

Countries

• Canada

Study Locations