Sharjah Chess offers a training program for Alzheimer's patients
The program is ongoing for 3 months.
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A few days ago, the Sharjah Cultural Chess Club organized a special educational program for people with Alzheimer's disease, as part of its community initiatives for the elderly, in cooperation with the Sharjah International Chess Academy.
Training sessions were provided in the Sharjah hall of the club for a group of five to 10 people, taking into account the spacing, and taking all precautionary measures.
The program is organized on Tuesday from 10 to 12 in the morning, twice a month, and was launched from the eighth of December, and continues for a period of three months, and the lessons are provided free of charge.
The implementation of the program is supervised by international professor Omar Numan Al Ali, assistant secretary general of the club, Rajai Al-Sousi, executive director, senior Greek international lecturer Efstratios Grivas, Filipino international coach Marlon Konan, and librarian Hafez Nabulsi.
In a press statement, Omar Noman stressed the importance of involving the sports community and interested parties in clarifying the prevailing concepts about Alzheimer's disease, the needs of patients suffering from this disease, and the challenges facing the people who care for them.
He pointed out that "Alzheimer's is a growing global health problem that affects the vast majority of the elderly."
He said: “Recent scientific studies have proven the importance of the chess game to get rid of some neurological diseases or alleviate them, and it also protects memory and protects it from the risk of developing Alzheimer's in the future, as a result of the repeated habit of storing and moving its pieces after periods of thinking, which makes the brain constantly active.” .
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To 10 people who participate in the program, taking into account the spacing, and taking all precautionary measures.
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