Free news: Cherry Blossom Respite will relocate its dementia-specific respite care program to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church beginning May 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This program is made possible through a grant from the Center for Dementia Respite Innovation (CDRI).
Dance, dance, dance! Dancing provides social benefits and keeps you moving. In addition, learning new steps can challenge your brain, as I’ve found when trying to memorize the steps in different line dances!
You may be familiar with this situation. You are asked a question and you know the answer, but you just can’t think of the correct word — and thingamajig or whatchamacallit just doesn’t work.
FREE NEWS:Â The Dementia Friendly Wasco County steering committee has been working for the past year to bring Cherry Blossom Adult Day Program to fruition.
Each week, I include a Brain Tease to challenge that three-pound lump of gray matter hiding behind your forehead, since brain teasers can stimulate multiple areas of your brain, especially those responsible for working memory, pattern recognition, and problem-solving.
For most of us, memory loss is normal, but it can also be frustrating and confusing. Why can’t I remember where I left my phone when I can remember some obscure fact from two weeks ago? And why does it seem like whenever I remember a new name, my brain discards another to make room?
