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Leta
I've heard that some end up in another city. I'm only 47 and I forget things a lot and it scares me.
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You bring up a great question. Someone with Alzheimerâs should not be out wandering the streets, but it does happenâand it generally ends badly. Many nursing homes that serve the dementia population have monitoring systems in place, such as Wanderguard. These systems can also be used in the home environment. It may seem cruel to put a tracking bracelet on someone who isnât a criminal, but it goes a long way in assuring safety.
If you think your memory is weakening, thereâs a lot you can do to strengthen it. While it is unlikely you are currently experience early onset dementia, it wouldnât hurt to keep your mind limber. I recommend a video game called Brain Age. I actually wrote a blog on this a while back for Gilbert Guide, a resource for long-term care. Hereâs an excerpt:
âIn addition to detecting and improving the effects of Alzheimerâs, computerized games can also help keep middle-aged minds agile. Nintendo, a staple of my youth, has come up with a game called Brain Age. The company contends that using the game for only minutes a day and engaging in âcerebral workoutsâ can stimulate the mind enough to actually decrease oneâs âbrain age.â All you need is a Nintendo DS to jump right in and start reading literary classics aloud, solving math problems and drawing from memory, just to name a few tasks. The game was founded in Japan, released as âDr. Kawashimaâs Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?â in Europe and released in the US as âBrain Ageâ in April of 2006. Some skeptics have asserted that improvement in Sudoku is hardly an indication of oneâs capacity to better conduct activities of daily living. One thing is certainâmarketing to baby boomers and seniors is a smart move for a company with vast competition in targeting the teen market.â
Click here to read the rest of the post:
http://www.gilbertguide.com/blog/2007/01/30/detecting-and-improving-your-brain-age/
If you donât see yourself playing video games to strengthen your memory, try sudoku. A little mental challenge goes a long way!
I hope this information helps,
Lori
You bring up a great question. Someone with Alzheimerâs should not be out wandering the streets, but it does happenâand it generally ends badly. Many nursing homes that serve the dementia population have monitoring systems in place, such as Wanderguard. These systems can also be used in the home environment. It may seem cruel to put a tracking bracelet on someone who isnât a criminal, but it goes a long way in assuring safety.
If you think your memory is weakening, thereâs a lot you can do to strengthen it. While it is unlikely you are currently experience early onset dementia, it wouldnât hurt to keep your mind limber. I recommend a video game called Brain Age. I actually wrote a blog on this a while back for Gilbert Guide, a resource for long-term care. Hereâs an excerpt:
âIn addition to detecting and improving the effects of Alzheimerâs, computerized games can also help keep middle-aged minds agile. Nintendo, a staple of my youth, has come up with a game called Brain Age. The company contends that using the game for only minutes a day and engaging in âcerebral workoutsâ can stimulate the mind enough to actually decrease oneâs âbrain age.â All you need is a Nintendo DS to jump right in and start reading literary classics aloud, solving math problems and drawing from memory, just to name a few tasks. The game was founded in Japan, released as âDr. Kawashimaâs Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?â in Europe and released in the US as âBrain Ageâ in April of 2006. Some skeptics have asserted that improvement in Sudoku is hardly an indication of oneâs capacity to better conduct activities of daily living. One thing is certainâmarketing to baby boomers and seniors is a smart move for a company with vast competition in targeting the teen market.â
Click here to read the rest of the post:
http://www.gilbertguide.com/blog/2007/01/30/detecting-and-improving-your-brain-age/
If you donât see yourself playing video games to strengthen your memory, try sudoku. A little mental challenge goes a long way!
I hope this information helps,
Lori
What kind of games can be played at a 3 y/o girls bday party?
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my friend is giving his 3 y/o daughter a party for her bday and he needs some ideas on games that they can play and I am clueless. Isn't that why they invented chuck e cheese? LOL!
I actually think she is too younf for all of that but thats just my opinion.
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Chuck E Cheese's is not a bad idea but you dont want the big rat to scare some of the kids. Good games for three year olds consist of things that kids that age already know how to do. Like: Pin the Tail on the Donkey(or whatever animal chosen), Hot Potatoe, , musical Chairs, Hitting a Pianta, Freeze Tag or Tag You're It, Red Light, Green Light, Stop, Dance Contest (everyone can win), have a Sak race,have a Running race, Balls for catching and kicking,Finger painting, Face painting(done by adults) Let them string beads and make lengthy chain, necklaces or bracelets and The Hokey Pokey. She can also go to a near by department store and find Whoola Hoops, Bowling Ball sets, Twister for Kids(they just made one), Golf sets, Baseball sets and other games that are similar. Three year old babies do not like scheduled birthday parties. Having games(monitored by adults) or Toys (sharing- monitored by adults) that cause them to run and play is good enough for them. My daughters party was a blast. The kids at good played until they were tired and most of all went to sleep after such a good time. Tell your friend to think of the things that her daughter likes to do and expand on that because most three year olds like a lot of the same things. Giving them options, allows everyone to be satified especially the kids and no one is left out. The best thing is that these games and activites are in expensive. These are just a few ideas I have used with my own child and children I work with in the daycare. Best wishes-MD
Chuck E Cheese's is not a bad idea but you dont want the big rat to scare some of the kids. Good games for three year olds consist of things that kids that age already know how to do. Like: Pin the Tail on the Donkey(or whatever animal chosen), Hot Potatoe, , musical Chairs, Hitting a Pianta, Freeze Tag or Tag You're It, Red Light, Green Light, Stop, Dance Contest (everyone can win), have a Sak race,have a Running race, Balls for catching and kicking,Finger painting, Face painting(done by adults) Let them string beads and make lengthy chain, necklaces or bracelets and The Hokey Pokey. She can also go to a near by department store and find Whoola Hoops, Bowling Ball sets, Twister for Kids(they just made one), Golf sets, Baseball sets and other games that are similar. Three year old babies do not like scheduled birthday parties. Having games(monitored by adults) or Toys (sharing- monitored by adults) that cause them to run and play is good enough for them. My daughters party was a blast. The kids at good played until they were tired and most of all went to sleep after such a good time. Tell your friend to think of the things that her daughter likes to do and expand on that because most three year olds like a lot of the same things. Giving them options, allows everyone to be satified especially the kids and no one is left out. The best thing is that these games and activites are in expensive. These are just a few ideas I have used with my own child and children I work with in the daycare. Best wishes-MD
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