Boost Your Memory: Take a Walk
Think you could manage a brisk walk 40 minutes a day, three days a week? If you can, it might improve your memory. A new study backs up earlier research that demonstrated a strong connection between...
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New guidelines for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease were released this week, for the first time in nearly 30 years. The original guidelines,which were developed in 1984, defined Alzheimer’s as having...
View ArticleWorried About Your Memory? A Short Test You Can Take at Home Helps Spot Early...
Testing for early dementia Less than 15 minutes is all it takes to complete a written test that could uncover early signs of Alzheimer’s or other causes of dementia. It’s called the Self-Administered...
View ArticleMy Mother’s Bookcase
This post originally appeared in another blog I write about my adventures as a non-traditional college student pursuing a fine arts degree at the University of Southern Maine. The name of the blog is...
View ArticleI Don’t Know What to Say to Mom
Dementia changes how people experience and interact with the world around them. The way a person with dementia uses words often leaves family members and caregivers unsure how to respond. After years...
View ArticleAna and Beverly: Letting Go
When my mother moved into her new studio apartment at the memory care facility, she could have brought along her cat Ana. Ana was a half-grown kitten when my sister Mary brought her home from the...
View ArticleGot Insomnia? Eight Tips to Help You Get the Sleep You Need
100, 99, 98, 97 … 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 … and let’s start counting those sheep all over again. Do you have trouble falling or staying asleep? You’re not alone. Most of us have experienced occasional insomnia...
View ArticleLearning to live a full life when you have early stage Alzheimer’s disease
Source: Alzheimers Association, Maine Chapter After cancer, Alzheimer’s disease is the second most feared disease in America. Right now, about 5.2 million people in this country are living with...
View ArticleFunny stories about forgetting. It’s uplifting (and healthy) to laugh!
Source: Pond5 A while ago, I wrote about a memory test you can take if you worried about forgetting things. The topic generated quite a few comments on social media. Because laughing is good for us...
View Article20 things to know if you love someone with dementia
My sweet Mama playing Santa! Photo by my sister Becky Let’s face it. Sometimes it’s hard to love someone with dementia. My mother has Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia. After...
View ArticleSeven easy ways to exercise your brain and sharpen your memory
Source: Pond5 Worried because you forget things? Why you left the room? Where you put your glasses? Whether you turned off the iron? A name? An appointment? Someone told me that as long as you realize...
View ArticleAvita. What my mother now calls home
My mother has lived at Avita of Stroudwater, a memory care facility, for nearly two years. Like any one of us, she wanted to stay in her own home. Even after my father died. And it was a big house —...
View ArticleHow composting stirred up happy memories for some people who struggle to...
Ben_Kerckx / Pixabay The other day I asked my mother if she remembered composting when she was growing up. I was curious because Avita of Stroudwater, the memory care facility she now calls home,...
View ArticleSome tips on keeping your brain (and memory) in top shape
geralt / Pixabay Like many people, when it comes to getting older, one of the things I worry about most is that I’ll get Alzheimer’s Disease. My mother had Alzheimer’s. I’m grateful that until the day...
View ArticleCan a Mediterranean diet keep your brain from shrinking as you age?
Aloha_Mahalo / Pixabay As we age, our brains shrink. Especially the parts that we rely on to learn, remember, and do other important mental activities. What if, by just following a certain diet, we...
View ArticleSeeking clarity about dementia
When you forget someone’s name or lose something or feel as if the word you’re searching for is on the tip of your tongue, but not making it to your brain — do you worry that you have Alzheimer’s...
View ArticleBoost your memory. Take a walk
Adobe stock Think you could manage a brisk hour-long walk twice a week? If so, it might improve your memory. It’s funny (or not) that it didn’t bother me that much if I forgot something when I was...
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