Brain Health: Keeping your brain active

I do search a words right now I have a Psalm book for searching words from scriptures I as you know do coloring paint with oils at times exercise program Hand exercises and Tai Chi

You’re really on to something with the puzzles. My daughter enlightened me to a book, 399 Games, Puzzles,& Trivia challenges specially designed to keep your brain young. By Nancy Linde. Nice thing is that it’s only around $11 on Amazon. I find it hard to put down though the instructions say to work it

Only 15 minutes a day. I got one for all my kids.

Hello @bobnowicki, Welcome to Connect. Thanks for sharing the book reference. Sounds like it will really be helpful.

Is the book organized by topics?

Not as such. It's a wide mixture of challenges and I started at the beginning and try to do about 15 to 20 minutes a day page by page. It's really very good for us more senior people as a lot of the puzzles depend of dredging up stuff from the past which the younger generation just haven't been exposed to but that's what I love about it. My family is working through it without looking at the answers in the back to see how we do sometime in the future.

Thanks @bobnowicki - I just ordered a copy from Amazon - Here's the link if others are interested - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761168257/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00

@johnbishop I saw that article, as my inbox gets the McMaster Optimal Aging emails, also. Your mother-in-law sounds like my dad; he kept his brain activecrightvto the end. He told mev10 days before he passed, that he body wore out, not his brain. My former mother-in-law did crossword puzzles in pen, and was a tax preparer into her 90s.

Me? I like crosswords and puzzles, word searches, logic games. There is a game similar to Dominos called Triominos, that my husband play. It calls for a lot of strategy and staying "present". I also challenge myself with writing and artwork.
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@johnbishop - Am on the free online lesson. Just off the bat I would think that Joan should cut back her wine at night and get a good night's sleep! Bwahah.

Did someone mention a glass of White Zin? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Thank you so much for the information on brain health. However, keeping socially active these days is quite difficult. I am thankful though for this kind of connect we have through the Mayo Clinic. Having said that, I do feel that personal face-to-face contact with people is of paramount importance to us as human beings. What I have done to remedy that situation is to invite friends over for an afternoon of conversation (weather permitting). This is done in my yard respecting the socially distant directives. Everyone brings their own snack or sandwich and I provide bottled water. This experience really lifts our spirits and helps us to look forward to "an outing."