Save your brain with public health

GRINNELL -- UnityPoint Health – Grinnell Public Health is hosting Unlocking Brain Fitness: Keys to Dementia Prevention, a program for people 55 and older.

KEYS is a 10-week course that addresses modifiable risk factors each week in a safe and supportive environment for learning and interaction. Topics will be presented by health and wellness experts including a dietitian, pharmacist and fitness professional – all of whom will offer individual, confidential sessions at the end of weekly courses.

Public Health is offering this program free of charge. Participants can reserve a spot in the course by calling 641-236-2385, option 2. Course size is limited to 15 participants per session.

Unlocking Brain Fitness: Keys to Dementia Prevention begins Thursday, Jan. 8, at UnityPoint Health – Grinnell Public Health, 306 Fourth Avenue in Grinnell.

The 10-week program meets Thursdays from 9 to 11 a.m. and covers key topics such as eating well, moving, being social, hearing well, staying sharp, sleeping enough, controlling chronic disease, building stress resilience, using right medications and promoting health.

For more information, visit unlockingbrainfitness.org.