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What To Do When LIFE Gets In The Way Of My Memory Health Exercises?
The video covers what to do when life gets in the way of your memory health programs.
Here’s a quick summary of what the video covers:
- Where to start when you efforts are torpedoed by the unexpected that Life throws up to you
- What to default back to for your memory health program
- What to watch out for which can derail your efforts
- One key thing that many people lack to really nudge their efforts back into action
- Watch out for the overwhelm triggers
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If there was a dollar for every time we present and someone asks, “Is there anything you’d recommend reading?”, we’d be enjoying a few more holiday’s and team dinners.
Behind this question is a reflection of where the person is at. Likely ,
- wanting more information to make better choices,
- wanting clarity admist all the noise,
- wanting a reference when they get stuck,
- wanting to take control of their memory health destiny and are starting down this path.
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There is no doubt a clear case to involve the right people with the right skills to help you with your specific problems but for many they want to explore and discover what fits their life, their perspective. Having a handy library of go to books maybe the right step.
So to help get you started and in the spirit of Memory Health Mastery In May we’ve put together this list of 15 Best Books For Memory Health Mastery.… .. Click here to read the rest
Does Exercise Help Your Stroke Recovery?
Being consistent with exercise may not always prevent a stroke but instead appears to predict you how well you’ll likely recover from a stroke. On the flip side, being in active appears to contribute to poor outcomes such as more disability after a stroke.
The journal, Neurology, published the latest findings of research completed by a Harvard University team. Led by study author Dr. Pamela Rist, found those who exercised ‘vigorously’ three times a week or more prior to a stroke were more likely to be more independent after the stroke compared to those who were inactive.
The researchers followed more than 18,000 people who were initially stroke-free for an average of 12 years. In answering Does Exercise Help Your Stroke Recovery? the key features and findings of the study were:
- Participants were interviewed regularly about their ability to do basic activities of daily living, height, weight and level of physical activity
- Vigorous physical activity was defined as sports, heavy housework or a job that required physical effort.
- 1,374 of the participants had a stroke and survived and
- 479 people had a stroke and died before the next round of interviews.
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Love, anger, warmth, soothe, connect: words and your ability to chain them into an expression of self is a skill many of us take for granted. When this ability changes, declines and is lost, the ability to connect with others, to describe and be in the word is dramatically changed. This is the case for people living with PPA or Primary Progressive Aphasia.
The results of a pilot program published in the Journal of Communication Disorders on April, 2017, demonstrates how group intervention for PPA patients and their caregivers is having a positive effect.
According to Dr.Regina Jokel, a speech pathologist, language rehabilitation has made progress in managing the disorder, but there have been limited PPA treatment options to date. A 10 week program covers aspects of
- Language activities,
- Learning communication strategies and
- Counseling and education
So, What is Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA)
Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) is neuro degenerative a language disorder. It is distinct and separate to aphasia experience in people after a stroke, brain tumour or trauma. There is a deterioration in brain tissue responsible for speech and language. … .. Click here to read the rest
How Can You Improve Executive Function After A Neurological Event?
After a neurological event such as an ABI what are some strategies to improve executive function? Be it to assist with achieving tasks at home or in the workplace?
What Are Executive Functions?
Executive functions are a cluster of higher level cognitive skills which are believed to be mediated by the front lobes. According to Perna et al (2012) executive dysfunction is quite common following an acquired brain injury. People with executive dysfunction may commonly experience deficits with:
- Insight, awareness, self awareness
- initiation and social pragmatics,
- higher-order thinking,
- judgment, planning
- reasoning and problem solving (Lezak, 1995)
It’s likely executive dysfunction may have a direct impact on a person’s ability to complete instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) such as work, leisure, budgeting and driving for example. These tasks involve multiple sequences, are dynamic, non linear and may require various cognitive skills to be successfully completed.
Evidence To Improve Executive Function
Cicerone et al.(2000) reviewed 14 studies which were focused on executive function and problem solving. The recommendation arising form this review was,
training of formal problem-solving strategies and their application to everyday situations and functional activities
Within the acute and rehabilitation environments commonly a therapy focus is on improving other cognitive functions which impair activities of daily living (ADL).… .. Click here to read the rest
How Dance For Parkinson’s Disease Can Help You?
Do you experience PD symptoms such as struggling with movement, getting in and out of bed, or frustrated by your speech changes. Dance For Parkinson’s Disease is a program which was first established about 15 years ago in Brooklyn and is helping people with their PD symptoms. As one participant says about the Dance for Parkinson’s Disease program
…something about the music and movement together that seems to help at a different level. … I come out of the class feeling energized and relaxed, all at the same time, and ready to move.
What’s exciting today it’s being applied across the U.S.A as well as 16 other countries and it’s starting to gain traction here in Australia as well.
The Stanford Neuroscience Health Center stared offering this this program and people with PD are reporting their experience as
- not just about the physical, there is a psychological boost as well
- there is a sense of personal exploration as people achieve what they thought was not possible
- sense of restoration as a person connects with joy and a new self image
The Evidence for Dance for Parkinson’s Disease
The early days of the Dance for Parkinson’s Disease program where met with appreciable skepticism. … .. Click here to read the rest
Healthy Ageing and Disability Equipment and Design Solutions For Life
Observing “Bill” the other day with his walker I noted it’s far too short. It didn’t help him. It affected his posture by promoting a stopped position. This had an affect his movement patterns which compounded his symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease.
Is this the healthy ageing he had in mind for himself?
The back story to this is the walker was one pulled from the equipment pool at the Aged Care Facility. The prescribing attitude being “that’s all we’ve got and she’ll do”. I shake my head at this.
Can we do better to promote better and healthier ageing? I think you’d appreciate the answer to this.
It’s clear equipment and the environment can be positive contributor to performance or a negative one. As you’d appreciate in Bill’s case it can create disability and restrict the pursuit of healthy ageing.
Healthy Ageing
So, what are the solutions needed today, for healthy ageing tomorrow? How do you optimise the environment or the everyday equipment to meet your needs for the next decade, be it the 6th- 7th- 8th (plus)?… .. Click here to read the rest
