Love to Move

Love To Move is a chair-based age and dementia friendly gymnastics exercise programme, developed by the British Gymnastics Foundation. Specially designed to get older people moving and functioning better, the programme is proving particularly beneficial for people living with dementia.

The Love To Move programme from BGF has helped some participants to use their hands again so they can feed themselves, do crafts, play bingo and socialise with friends and family.

Almost every part of the Love To Move programme is based on bilaterally asymmetrical movement patterns. This is understood to benefit older people and those with dementia and mild cognitive impairment, by enabling the left side and right side of the brain to process information independently, thus improving cognitive function, coordination and the ability to carry out activities of daily living more independently.

COVID-19 restrictions mean our Love To Move programme has been on hold but we hope to soon be delivering in care homes, day centres and dementia cafes. We can also visit loved ones at home.

Get in touch to talk about arranging Love To Move sessions for your loved one.

Find out more about Love To Move from British Gymnastics Foundation https://britishgymnasticsfoundation.org/lovetomove/