Alzheimer's Blogging:


My grandma is 100 yrs old and even though she sometimes forgets who she is talking to over the phone, she can still bake cookies, and ride a three wheel bike. Why is it that her memory is still working so well?  I know that she watches games shows on TV and can answer them correctly before they give the answer.   I watch her do word puzzle. I have read a lot on this terrible disease called Alzheimer's and it is important to keep your brain going along with exercise to keep blood flowing to your brain.  My grandma was a wife on a milking farm in Wisconsin most of her life. She had to stay busy with her house hold chores and taking care of her 5 children. Yet she also had to help with the farm duties of raising cattle, milking, feeding chicken, and planting gardens. There wasn't much TV in those days and there wasn't much time to sit idle and watch TV.

Yet my father in law whom I took care of with this terrible disease, was a truck driver most of his life. He was handy around the house, and could repair the engine of a car. He did sit in the evening and watch TV, and I don't think he did word puzzle or watch game shows.  Yet I also know that genes has a lot to do with this, but if we fight it, can we stop this from happening to us?

Here is a couple of things I found on Alzheimer's Weekly about sharpening our minds and fighting this terrible disease.

http://alzheimersweekly.com/content/sharpening-your-wits-could-outwit-alzheimers

http://alzheimersweekly.com/content/brain-training-sweeps-across-america

http://alzheimersweekly.com/content/brain-workouts-go-local

I hope this helps,
Sincerely,
Marie Fostino
Alzheimer's A Caretakers Journal
Seaboard Press An Imprint of James A Rock Pub., Co.
http://www.mariefostino.com/
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