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“I never thought that some day we would use a computer ourselves”
BrainTrainerPlus is a revolutionary designed console and software unit for the Aged that has been shown to alleviate negative symptoms of dementia and boredom prevalent in Aged Care facilities. The BrainTrainerPlus console utilizes its user-friendly touch screen to ensure focus on the games, rather than the physical and often daunting demands of using a regular computer. The software consists of specific memory games and quizzes with content relevant to the clients’ geographical location, social and cultural origins. Most residents are able to use the console independently alleviating high demand interaction by staff and positively inspiring independent interactions between residents.
Aged Care facilities who use the BrainTrainerPlus are unanimously enthusiastic about the fun that the game contributes to the atmosphere in the facility and the influence it has on the welfare of residents, staff and volunteers. As an act of love to combat his mother’s onslaught of dementia and diminishing quality of life, Hendrik Jan van Katwijk created the BrainTrainerPlus in The Netherlands in 2008. It is currently being used in over 1,000 Aged Care facilities in The Netherlands with its audience being documented as 65,000 residents suffering from varied degrees of dementia. BrainTrainerPlus was launched in Australia in 2013.
For more information: T: 0497 856 296 • E: info@braintrainerplus.com.au • W: www.braintrainerplus.com.au