A: Our Dakim BrainFitness products for SLP (Senior Living Providers) and HCP (Healthcare Professionals) are intended specifically for seniors over age 60. The exercises feature content at five different levels of challenge and are appropriate for a wide range of individual abilities, from those with normal brain function to those with mild-to-moderate cognitive impairment.

A: Once you register patients on the Dakim program installed on your computer, they simply click on the launch button, enter their initials, and their customized cognitive workout begins.

A: The default session length is about 20 minutes. This is long enough to provide a comprehensive workout, while also giving the Dakim program enough information from the player’s responses to automatically fine tune the level of challenge in each cognitive domain.

A: Dakim BrainFitness exercises up to six essential cognitive domains in every session, including memory (short-term and long-term), language, computation, visuospatial orientation, and critical thinking.

A: No, Dakim BrainFitness assembles each session for your patients while they play. Using patented proprietary technology, Dakim BrainFitness selects new exercises from six essential cognitive domains and presents them at a level of challenge appropriate to the patients abilities. In this way, the software allows a patient to become fully immersed in the exercises, promoting greater concentration and engagement.

A: No, Dakim BrainFitness provides a rigorous cognitive workout based on proven neurological science and exercises. Its purpose is to build cognitive capacity and confidence, without the stigma associated with a test.

A: We recommend playing Dakim BrainFitness 3-5 times a week for maximum benefit.

A: The content included on Dakim BrainFitness consists of thousands of individual challenges in approximately 100 different "game" formats. New challenges and exercises are being developed by the Dakim content department and as they become available, your Dakim BrainFitness software automatically downloads and incorporates the new exercises into user sessions.

A: Dakim BrainFitness consists of hundreds of hours of material within all five challenge levels—enough to support years of recommended use with minimal repeats. As patients play, new challenges are being created and added, keeping their workouts fresh.

A: Dakim offers three user license configurations (5, 10, 20). You just select the package that works best for your practice. The licenses are resettable, so once a patient completes their therapy their profile can be cleared allowing another patient to receive the benefits at the appropriate level of challenge for their abilities.

A: To enquire about Dakim BrainFitness Software, Professional Edition, contact Rick Sill, VP of Sales at 1-888-693-2546.

A: Our technical support staff is available to assist you by phone or by e-mail -- see Contact Us section below. Our Dakim BrainFitness units continuously and automatically self-diagnose their hardware, operating system, the Dakim BrainFitness application, and all the digital elements of the exercises. Minor problems are repaired remotely via the Internet. Units under warranty that can’t be repaired remotely will be replaced. Plus, Dakim BrainFitness units will automatically download and install new exercises and important software updates whenever they are available.

A: Alzheimer’s (AHLZ-high-merz) disease is a progressive brain disorder that gradually affects a person’s memory and ability to learn, reason, make judgments, communicate and carry out daily activities. As Alzheimer’s progresses, individuals may also experience changes in personality and behavior, such as anxiety, suspiciousness or agitation, as well as delusions or hallucinations. Although there is currently no cure for Alzheimer’s, new treatments are on the horizon as a result of accelerating insight into the biology of the disease. Research has also shown that effective care and support can improve quality of life for individuals and their caregivers over the course of the disease.

A: Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia, a group of conditions that lead to progressive decline in mental function. Vascular dementia, another common form, results from reduced blood flow to the brain’s nerve cells. Other causes of dementia include frontotemporal dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and Parkinson’s disease.

A: Yes! A clinical trial of our program was managed by UCLA and the results showed significant improvements in both memory (immediate and delayed) and language skills for those people who used over a six month timeframe. The results of the trial were peer reviewed and published in the July, 2013 issue of the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

A: Experts have found that brain health is a "use it or lose it" proposition. Dakim BrainFitness turns rigorous cognitive exercise into a compelling and enjoyable experience, so patients are encouraged to keep coming back for more. Where traditional workbooks can quickly become boring, clinically tested Dakim BrainFitness keeps patients engaged long-term!

A: Dakim BrainFitness Software, Professional Edition is installed on your computer via a DVD. Once installed, you can use with patients without an internet connection. However, in order to receive new content and updated software you should connect to the internet every one to two weeks (or more often if convenient) for updates.

A: Yes. Dakim BrainFitness units frequently update their content so players will continue to seen new exercises and continue to come back for more. These updates occur automatically over the Internet during a download window, which normally takes place overnight. Dakim BrainFitness units may be disconnected from the Internet during the day while they are in use; however, they should be reconnected at the end of day to ensure that they are ready for the overnight download window.