LOGINCongratulations to everyone who participated in the Total Brain Health Games at the Acts Retirement-Life Communities' annual OlympiActs competition on June 7th. Want to try a practice challenge? Set your timer to 5 minutes and see how many words you can find in the grid shown here. A word must have 3 or more letters. [...]
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Brain News You Can Use - Our Top Picks That Caught Our Eye Recently: Alzheimer's Q&A: What happens to the brain with Alzheimer's disease? | After death, molecular and cellular changes can be observed in the brain of someone with Alzheimer's disease. Researchers are trying to determine which changes cause the disease and which changes are [...]
This Month's TBH Group Activity: Mediterranean Tastes Sharing food can be fun and enriching for everyone. For this month’s TBH group activity, try this: Set up a food tasting station that introduces popular tastes from the Mediterranean diet, a heavily plant and fruit-based diet that includes nuts, legumes, fish and whole grains. Suggested foods for [...]
Science Update | Yes, We Should Still Eat Like a Greek! New Analysis Confirms Recommendations What: As widely reported in the press this month, researchers from the one of most influential studies on the heart and overall health benefits of a Mediterranean patterned diet retracted their previously published findings from 2013. It turned out that [...]
Science Update | Even More Evidence That Lifestyle Really Matters To Long-Term Dementia Risk What: A recent study looked at the relationship of numerous lifestyle factors to later dementia risk. Researchers, using data from the Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort, considered the impact certain experiences or choices at middle age may have on dementia later in life. [...]
Here is a great activity to do quickly and boost awareness on what you can do to take better care of your brain and boost your confidence in doing so. Have your group write things they do for total brain health, such as: For total brain health, I walk with my friends every day. For [...]
Why Believing in Your Brain Matters: 3 Ways to Boost Cognitive Confidence One of my favorite quotes comes from Henry Ford: “Whether you think you can, whether you think you can’t, you are right.” How true is that? And if you are looking to empower others (and yourself) for better cognitive wellness and healthy living, [...]
Brain News You Can Use - Our Top Picks That Caught Our Eye Recently: CAST Makes It Easier to Use Tech to Improve Social Links | In it's ongoing effort to help long-term care providersensure older adults have access to quality care and a sustained quality of life as they age, the LeadingAge Center for Aging Services [...]
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