Brainwaves

Brainwaves (previously COGS clubs) are weekly sessions for people with mild to moderate dementia.
Who is Brainwaves for?
Brainwaves has been set up to help people experiencing problems with their memory. This club aims to encourage members to participate in purposeful activity in order to develop or maintain active minds.
How can we help?
Our Brainwaves clubs are modelled on Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST).
Cognitive Stimulation Therapy is a programme of structured activity sessions for small groups of people with dementia. Research has shown it works as well as, if not better than, medication. Investigation has also shown that exposure to music and other arts can help people with dementia reconnect with themselves and even slow down the rate of their illness.
What Brainwaves offers?
We offer the opportunity for people with dementia to have enjoyable experiences and good times. They crucially also provide carers with an opportunity to have someone to confide in and to take a significant break in their day.
What our aim is?
Our aim is for people with dementia and their carers to have choice and control as well as remaining independently in their own homes for as long as possible.
Brainwaves provides the opportunity for them to recall or develop new skills in activities and to facilitate the transfer of these skills to activities at home.
How much does it cost?
We charge £13.50 per session. Each session run for 2.5 hours.
How often and where?
Hemel Hempstead
Leader:- Sue Bond
Address: Phyllis Courtnage House, Smithfield, Highfield, Hemel Hempstead
Day:- Monday's
Time: 1:30pm - 4:00pm
To join please contact Bernice on bernice.bassett@ageukherts.org.uk to see if there are spaces or to be added to the waiting list.
Tring
Leader: Jo Smith
Address: Pond Close Sheltered Housing Communal Lounge, Tring, HP23 5BE
Day: Tuesday’s
Time: 1.30pm-4:00pm
To join please contact Bernice on bernice.bassett@ageukherts.org.uk to see if there are spaces or to be added to the waiting list.
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Bourne End
Leader’s: Jo Smith & Mark Frost
Address: Bourne End Village Hall, London Rd, Bourne End, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2RH
Day Wednesday’s
Time: 1:30pm-4pm
This club is currently full with a waiting list, contact Bernice on bernice.bassett@ageukherts.org.uk interested.