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HABIT Healthy Action to Benefit Independence & Thinking™ Welcome to the HABIT page for people living with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and program participants. The HABIT Program is for individuals with MCI and their loved ones to learn the best strategies for adapting, coping, and living their best lives with MCI. Follow the HABIT blog to receive updates and information about adjusting to MCI and combating dementia.
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Today is a repost from one of our prior HABIT Program Coordinators, Miranda Morris. I love that she added a checkmark column to the instructions,…
This week for Mother's Day, I wanted to give special appreciation to Moms and those who care for Moms. Over 75% of our couples in…
This week I want to highlight the work of my mentor from my graduate school days, Dr. Munro Cullum, at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He…
Patient Spotlight We originally published this piece at the one year anniversary of our blog (Fall 2018!) . We've now been at this over 3…
This week I wanted to highlight our terrific yoga instructor at Mayo Florida. She has been a part of HABIT for 8 years now, and…
We're finishing up a HABIT session in Florida this week, and, as usual, the feedback about Yoga has been excellent. (Thanks @michellegraffradford !) Patients and…
In the HABIT program, one of our core components is encouraging our patients with memory loss due to Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) to use a…
I thought this post from Michelle Graff Radford from 2018 was worth reposting this week. I hear "I'll be happy when..." a lot. Of course,…
The why: There are many reasons for keeping the legs strong including reducing fall risk, improving metabolism, and getting out of a chair with more…
As a healthcare provider, I am fortunate to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Increasingly, I’ve been noticing that most of my patients in the 65+…
We did an updated version for Dr. Locke last month, so I thought I would update the other Directors, including myself, over the next few…
Another tool for independence Maintaining maximum independence is a typical goal for our patients living with Mild Cognitive Impairment as well as those who…
https://youtu.be/CqSrk4inPNo This week, I want to highlight an inspriational story of a Mayo Clinic Arizona patient living with Mild Cognitive Impairment. I have not…
In deciding on a repost for this week, I came across this one from Michelle Graff-Radford, our yoga instructor at Mayo Florida, from pre-pandemic days. …
As a psychologist, you learn not to tell people at a dinner party what you do for a living unless you want to jokingly/not jokingly…
Dr. Locke has been working so hard lately on a number of projects for HABIT, including the upcoming launch of the HABIT Program at the…
The Mayo Clinic HABIT team is very excited announce that the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health will offer the Mayo Clinic HABIT…
This week I'm reposting this great piece by Dr. Locke from August 2019. If you are unsure of whether your memory loss is "more than…
Humming a favorite tune makes us relax and feel cheerful. But to experience the full benefits of humming, it is suggested you practice a yoga…
Happy New Year! Today I wanted to repost a piece Dr. Shandera wrote last year about keeping those New Year's Resolutions. Enjoy! An age…
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