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A report from Sheffield Hallam and England Golf which shows that playing golf can reduce the risk of dementia has been featured on BBC\/sport online. The article on BBC<\/a> online, highlights the findings from the Sheffield Hallam University report which shows that regularly playing golf – and similar sports – reduces the risk of dementia for people over-55 by up to 30%. Providing a stimulating environment, golf can also slow dementia’s advance. You can read more on our media centre<\/a>.
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Golf takes on dementia<\/h1>\n

My life seems to be growing, not shrinking.”<\/p>\n

That’s the upbeat assessment of dementia-sufferer Wayne Eaton, former business and IT teacher from Kent.<\/p>\n

A report from England Golf and Sheffield Hallam University shows that regularly playing golf – and similar sports – reduces the risk of dementia for people over-55 by up to 30 per cent. Providing a stimulating environment, golf can also slow dementia’s advance.<\/p>\n

Getting the buzz<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wayne took part in a recent footgolf event, a sport which combines football and golf, at Cobtree Manor Park Golf Club.<\/p>\n

“I’ve never played golf and played a lot of amateur football in my twenties,” he says.<\/p>\n

“But you’re outside playing footgolf, just kicking a ball around with friends, and you get the buzz of meeting new people. Living with dementia should be like living with anything else.”<\/p>\n

Fun and stimulating<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cobtree holds traditional golf days and footgolf events<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wayne’s playing partner, Lorraine Brown, was diagnosed in 2014. Similarly, she took to footgolf immediately.<\/p>\n

“The exercise helps with co-ordination and it stimulates the brain – but most of all it’s great fun,” she says.<\/p>\n

England Golf chief executive, Nick Pink, hopes to roll out a scheme to get GPs to refer patients specifically to golfing activities.<\/p>\n

“There’s a sense of pastoral care,” he says.<\/p>\n

“You’re not just taking them to a place full of other people who are suffering, like a hospice or care home situation, but to a place where it is about sport and physical activity, competition and general life.”<\/p>\n

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