A Dementia Actif Gwynedd staff member shares an insight to the importance of including access to classes both face-to-face and online through a magic moment:
“Attending the online classes has given a person living with dementia the confidence to attend Arfon’s face-to-face class. She felt that she couldn’t always keep up with the pace of a face-to-face class and stopped attending. She felt that following a slower-paced online class was more suitable for her at that time.
However, by now, she reports that attending the online classes has increased her confidence, and because of that, she has returned to the face-to-face class at Arfon which she enjoys, and feels that she can keep up with the exercises much better. Now, the live online classes have been cancelled for the time being due to staff capacity - however, along with her husband, they continue to do the online sessions at home, by following previously recorded sessions.”