2016 Walk to End Alzheimer's - Boca Raton | Cardioflex Therapy Outpatient & Home Physical Therapy

CardioFlex Therapy is proud to support the Alzheimer’s Association’s 2016 Boca Raton Walk to End Alzheimer’s event on Sunday, September 25th in Mizner Park. Check-in is at 6:30 am and the walk begins at 8:30 am. There will be fun activities for kids as well as snacks, coffee, and water available. The walk is two miles and begins in the Mizner Park Amphitheater. Volunteers are still needed and donations are always welcome.

Location:
Mizner Park Amphitheater
590 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432

For more information, please contact Corrie LeMay at 561-967-0047 or email to clemay@alz.org

Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States and the only cause of death among the top 10 in the United States that cannot be prevented, cured or even slowed. All funds raised through Walk to End Alzheimer’s further the mission of Alzheimer’s Association: to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research, to provide and enhance care and support for all affected, and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.

The focus of physical therapy (PT) with dementia care is to improve balance, muscle strength, and mobility, and to provide pain management. People with Alzheimer’s or dementia are at greater risk of falls and mobility problems due to muscular weakness, history of falls, gait, balance deficits, and cognitive impairment.

“People with dementia are good candidates for therapy and that Medicare does cover skilled therapy services for this population,” says a study. Nicole Dawson, PT, Ph.D., says, “there’s absolutely no stage of dementia at which we can’t intervene and see results. What our interventions’ look like are going to vary, depending on where that individual is in the disease process and how much remaining strength he or she has,” she observes. “Our response will be on a gradient, just as it would be with any other progressive illness.”

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