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I DON'T DO ANY WORK BECAUSE I'M GONNA TIME YOU
IT IS, UM, I DO BOTH GERIATRIC CARE MANAGEMENT AND I ALSO DO BRAIN STIMULATING ACTIVITIES.
AND WHEN I SAY BRAIN STIMULATING ACTIVITIES, I BRING EVERYTHING TO PEOPLE'S HOMES AND I DO THE ACTIVITIES AT HOME.
I ACTUALLY REALLY ENCOURAGE HEALTHY PEOPLE, PEOPLE WITH ANY KIND OF MEMORY IMPAIRMENT TO DO ACTIVITIES, ANY KIND OF ACTIVITIES.
WE'RE GONNA GO INTO MORE SPECIFIC STUFF.
I ACTUALLY DON'T JUST PREACH IT.
OKAY? SO I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
DURING COVID, MY KIDS WERE IN FIFTH AND SEVENTH GRADE, AND THEY WERE BEING HOMESCHOOLED, OR NOT HOMESCHOOLED, BUT THEY WERE LEARNING FROM HOME.
AND MY HUSBAND WAS WORKING FROM HOME, AND I WASN'T SEEING ANYBODY.
SO I WOULD TAKE THE KIDS OUT AND DO DIFFERENT THINGS, GO BIKING, ALL SORTS OF STUFF.
AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, WHAT AM I GONNA DO? SO I STARTED DOING PAINT BY NUMBERS.
IN A MILLION YEARS, I WOULD NEVER THINK I WOULD DO PAINT BY NUMBERS.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IT FELT GOOD.
I WAS DOING SOMETHING, I WAS FINISHING A PROJECT, WE WERE HANGING 'EM UP IN MY HOUSE, BUT IT GAVE ME SOMETHING TO DO INSTEAD OF BEING ISOLATED AND BEING MISERABLE, RIGHT? SO, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T JUST PREACH IT, I ACTUALLY DO WHAT I PREACH.
SO I STILL TO THIS DAY, DO PAINT BY NUMBERS.
I DON'T HAVE AS MUCH TIME AS I USED TO WHEN IT WAS COVID, BUT NOW I JUST FIND IT RELAXING AND I DO IT IN FRONT OF WATCHING JUNK TV, AND IT'S SOMETHING FOR ME TO DO INSTEAD OF JUST SITTING AROUND IF I HAVE NOTHING TO DO.
I ALSO PLAY WORK GAMES ON MY PHONE AGAINST MY SISTER, AGAINST MY HUSBAND.
SO, AGAIN, I'M NOT JUST PREACHING IT, I'M ACTUALLY DOING WHAT I SAY.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW ANY TIME DURING THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION AND THIS PRESENTATION, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR YOU WANT TO STOP ME TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING SPECIFIC, FEEL FREE TO DO THAT.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT BRAIN STIMULATION.
SO WHAT IS, WHAT DO YOU THINK, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK BRAIN SIMULATION IS FOR YOU? ANYBODY? SOMETHING THAT YOU BRAIN FOCUSED, KEEP YOU FOCUSED, ACTIVATING YOUR BRAIN, ACTIVATING YOUR BRAIN, ACTIVATING YOUR BRAIN.
SO ACTIVATING YOUR BRAIN, KEEPING FOCUSED LEARNING.
KEEPING LEARNING SOMETHING NEW.
OKAY? BEING ABLE TO REMEMBER, I'M SORRY, BEING ABLE TO REMEMBER.
SO THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF STIMULATION.
ALL RIGHT, SO THERE'S ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULATION, ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULATION IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? YOU CAME OUTTA YOUR HOUSE, YOU ARE HERE, YOU ARE AROUND OTHER PEOPLE.
THAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULATION.
WHAT OTHER THINGS DO YOU THINK WOULD BE ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULATION? TAKING A WALK.
WHAT ABOUT IN THE WINTER TIME WHEN IT'S SO COLD AND WE DON'T WANT GET OUTTA THE HOUSE.
WHAT COULD WE DO? I DOING THAT'S GOOD.
BUT ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULATION.
SO WE'RE STUCK IN THE HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER TIME, RIGHT? THAT ENVIRONMENTAL SIMULATION, YOU KICK IT OUT, YOU'RE LIKE, UGH.
IF YOU COULD GET TO THE MALL AND WALK AROUND.
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DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS.SO WE DID ENVIRONMENTAL, GETTING OUTTA THE HOUSE, SOMETIMES GOING FOR A WALK.
IF IT IS, IT'S COLD OUT, MAYBE GOING TO THE MALL OR EVEN THE GROCERY STORE.
WANT TO A GROCERY SHOPPING? GO GET A DONUT.
LET LIKE STICK IN DUNK, GET DONUTS.
SEE PEOPLE WHO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER IF YOU'RE FEELING BLOCKED, RIGHT? LET'S BE REAL.
YOU SIT IN YOUR HOUSE, DOESN'T MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE, YOU CAN BE 10, YOU COULD BE 90, YOU COULD BE 50.
YOU'RE SICK IN YOUR HOUSE ALL DAY, YOU GET A
ANOTHER THING THAT I DO IN MY BUILDING, WE GET TOGETHER AND GROUP OF WOMEN, WE PLAY BARBECUE.
MAKES YOU THINK THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS FOR THAT.
IT IS HAND EYE COORDINATION, IT'S BRAIN STIMULATION.
THERE'S SO MANY GREAT THINGS ABOUT THAT.
SO WHEN WE SAY PHYSICAL FITNESS FOR STIMULATION, WHAT ARE WE SAYING? WE CAN INCLUDE THE WALK, RIGHT? WHAT OTHER THINGS? PHYSICAL.
YOU GOTTA DO IT, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY TELL YOU WHAT TO DO.
THAT'S YOUR PHYSICAL EXERCISE AFTERWARDS, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU CAN'T JUST STOP, RIGHT? I LIKE MUSIC.
PHYSICAL AND EXERCISING, RIGHT? YOU DON'T HAVE TO DANCE FOR 10 HOURS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A 10 MILE WALK.
YOU GET A WALK IN, YOU GET PHYSICAL EXERCISE, AND NOW YOU GET ENVIRONMENTAL EXERCISE.
BRING A FRIEND AND YOU GET IT ALL TOGETHER, RIGHT? LIKE, THESE ARE SUCH GREAT THINGS OPPOSED TO SITTING IN YOUR HOUSE AND JUST WATCHING TV.
HOW MUCH JEOPARDY CAN WE WATCH? I MEAN, MY HUSBAND CAN WATCH QUITE A BIT, BUT, ALL RIGHT, SO THEN WE HAVE PHYSICAL, THEN WE HAVE SENSORY STIMULATION, WHICH IS LIKE TACTILE TOUCHING, VISUAL SPELLING, HEARING.
THAT COULD ALSO BE ON OUR WALK, RIGHT? WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL WALK.
WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL, WE HAVE PHYSICAL.
WE COULD SMELL THE POSES AND THE FLOWERS AND JUST THE FRESH AIR, RIGHT? WE'RE GETTING THAT VITAMIN D ON OUR FACE, RIGHT? WHEN WE HAVE THAT, RIGHT? SO WHAT ELSE? WHAT DO YOU, WHAT OTHER SENSORY STUFF DO YOU THINK THAT WE COULD DO? I LIKE TO TOUCH THE FLOWERS OR STORE THE LEAVES.
YOU KNOW, IF I PASS BY AND I SEE SOMETHING, YEAH.
THAT YOU GET MY ATTENTION, RIGHT? FOR SURE.
TOUCHING STUFF, LOOKING AT NEW THINGS.
BREAST IS A GREAT TACTILE STIMULATION, RIGHT? WELL, I DON'T THINK I TURNED OFF MY PHONE.
LET ME JUST, SORRY, I FORGOT TO TURN LIGHT OFF.
LET'S ALWAYS A DIFFERENT KIND OF CRAFTS OR TACTILE STUFF.
WE COULD DO CRAFTS, RIGHT? ARTS AND CRAFTS.
THAT IS, AGAIN, YOU ARE NOT INCORPORATING JUST ONE KIND OF SIMULATION.
YOU HAVE THE SMELLING, YOU HAVE TACTILE, YOU HAVE BEING OUTSIDE WITH THE VITAMIN D, YOU HAVE THE WHOLE PICTURE, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO THESE ARE ALL GREAT THINGS.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS HUGE PROJECT.
IT COULD BE ON JUST COLORING, RIGHT? THEY HAVE THE ADULT COLORING BOOKS.
NOW, MY SISTER DOES THAT EVERY TIME YOU GO TO A DIFFERENT STAGE OR SOMETHING.
I TRY A NEW COLORING BOOK FOR HER.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH DOING THESE THINGS, RIGHT? I THINK MORE MY GENERATION, LIKE WE WOULD ALWAYS THINK THAT WITH OLDER PEOPLE, BUT NOT EVERY, I GUESS WE'RE GETTING, I'M GETTING OLDER TOO.
BUT EVERYBODY DOES THIS KIND OF STUFF NOW, RIGHT? IT IS SO GREAT TO DO.
LIKE I SAID, PAINT BY NUMBER IN A MILLION YEARS.
WHAT MY UNCLE DID THAT HIS FIRST HEART ATTACK.
HE GOT HOME AND HE JUST PAINTED IT.
AND THEN HE CHANGED THE PAINT TO VELVET.
OH, MAYBE I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT.
SO WE HAVE A MILLION PICTURES AROUND THE HOUSE.
MY HUSBAND KEEPS SAYING, WE NEED TO GET A BIGGER HOUSE.
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T THINK, OH, I, I AM, I'M A TERRIBLE ARTIST.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS WHAT I CAN DO NOW, RIGHT? I DO IT ALL THE TIME.
SOMETIMES THEY COME OUT NICE, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.
WHO CARES? RIGHT? GIVES ME SOMETHING TO DO.
RIGHT? WHAT ELSE COULD WE DO? LET'S SEE.
SO WHEN I SAY FIND A GROSS MOTOR SKILL, THIS COULD BE THE ARTS AND CRAFTS, RIGHT? YOU'RE TOUCHING THE
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PAINTING, RIGHT? ANY OF THIS, THE CROCHETING, THIS IS ALL PRAISE.YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF ARTHRITIS OR SICKNESS IN YOUR HAND, LIKE THIS IS ALL GREAT STUFF.
I HAVE A CLIENT AND HER HAND SHAKE AND HER DAUGHTER'S LIKE, OH, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE CAN DO THE IPAD, BECAUSE I DO A LOT OF MY IPAD ACTIVITIES AND IN THE, AND I USE A PEN.
AND IN THE BEGINNING, HER HAND IS SHAKING.
BY THE END, IT'S NOT SHAKING ANYMORE.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE A TYPE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, RIGHT? SO IT IS LESS SHAKY BY THE END.
IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE INTERESTING TO WATCH, RIGHT? SO THAT'S TACTILE.
WHAT ABOUT A LANGUAGE? ANYBODY LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE? WHAT DID YOU LEARN? SPANISH.
HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT? YOU HAVE TO.
WHAT? BUT PUTTING THEM TOGETHER SO HARD.
ANYBODY ELSE? LEARN NEW LANGUAGE? MAYBE SIGN LANGUAGE.
ANYBODY EVER LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE? YES.
IT'S A GREAT LANGUAGE TO LEARN, RIGHT? IT'S GOOD WITH LIKE, IF YOU HAVE GRANDCHILDREN TO SPEAK WITH THEM IN THE, WHEN THEY'RE VERY YOUNG THEY LEARN E LIKE, SO THEN AGAIN, YOU'RE USING YOUR PANTS, RIGHT? THE OTHER THING, READING AND RETENTION.
WHAT DO YOU THINK I MEAN BY READING AND RETENTION?
WHAT, WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF READING AND RETENTION? WHAT COULD WE DO FOR THAT? BOOK CLUBS.
THAT IS NUMBER ONE, RIGHT? BOOK CLUBS.
ANYBODY IN THE BOOK CLUB BIBLE.
WHICH IS VERY GOOD BECAUSE SIMULATE.
YOU KNOW, LIKE WHATEVER YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH.
SOMETIMES WE COULD JUST READ AN ARTICLE AND HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE READ THE ARTICLE AND DISCUSS IT.
RIGHT? SO MUCH GOING ON IN THE WORLD TODAY.
YOU KNOW, LIKE IF EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT LIKE THE SAME OR DIFFERENT OR THEY'RE GOOD WITH THE BACK BOARD, RIGHT? BUT THAT'S A GREAT WAY YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE READING AN ENTIRE BOOK.
READ AN ARTICLE, GET A MAGAZINE.
THE NEW YORK, WHAT IS IT? THE NEW YORKER, ANY OF THOSE MAGAZINES, PREVENTION, ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS.
YOU START LEARNING NEW THINGS, IT'S FREE.
I ALSO FIND THAT I WORKING, I AM AN ACCOUNTANT BY TRADE, AND I RECENTLY RETIRED.
TAKE SEVEN PLUS DIVIDED, DIVIDED, 1, 2, 3, 4.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT WITH THE NUMBERS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO START WITH THAT LEVEL.
YOU COULD START WITH THE BASIC LEVEL.
THEY DO GO NOW, RIGHT? THAT WHOLE NUMBERS.
BUT PEOPLE ARE REALLY GOOD AT THINGS LIKE THAT.
I'M NOT A NUMBERS PERSON, I'M A SOCIAL WORKER.
THAT'S WHY, RIGHT? UM, WE TALKED ABOUT EXERCISING AND DEVELOPING CREATIVE ABILITIES.
IT CAN BE JUST GOING AROUND TELLING THE STORY, TALKING ABOUT YOUR, TO YOUR FAMILY, ABOUT YOUR HISTORY, RIGHT? WHAT THE KIDS WANT TO LEARN ABOUT GRANDMA AND GRANDPA, THEY WANNA KNOW HISTORY.
DON'T MAKE IT TOO LATE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
GIVE THAT, THIS IS ALL ABOUT LIKE LANGUAGE EXPRESSION.
TALKING ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, MY DAD WAS ABLE TO TELL US, AND HEY, I HAVE TEENAGERS NOW, AND HE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.
MY MOM HAS, YOU CAN'T GET ANYTHING FROM HER NOW, RIGHT? I WISH WE DID THIS YEARS AGO.
YES, TELL 'EM ABOUT YOUR LIFE.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT LANGUAGE AND, AND HISTORY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT STUFF.
SHARE WHAT YOU WERE LIKE WHEN, WHEN YOU WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL.
DON'T SHARE THE BAD STUFF LIKE MY DAD DID
WE KIND OF PETER THAT IN MY HOUSE.
THEY DON'T NEED DO, AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO ON THAT ONE, RIGHT? SO THOSE ARE ALL GREAT THINGS, YOU KNOW? AND HE SAID, UM, SO THERE'S FIVE DOMAINS OF THERAPEUTIC, RE RECREATION, PHYSICAL, I MEAN THIS, THIS ONE SPIRITUAL.
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WHAT ABOUT SPIRITUAL? WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK? LIKE SPIRITUAL, I KNOW YOU READ THE BIBLE, PEOPLE GO TO CHURCH, PEOPLE GO TO SYNAGOGUE OR JUST A LITTLE PRAYER OR LIGHTING A CANDLE.DEPENDS ON WHAT, WHAT YOU LIKE TO DO, RIGHT? SO AGAIN, YOU INCORPORATE THAT WITH THE OTHER ONES.
YOU GO TO CHURCH OR SYNAGOGUE, YOU HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL, YOU HAVE INTERACTION WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
YOU HAVE, UM, TACTILE YOU HAVE SMELLING, RIGHT? THE, THE, THIS CHURCH, HOW IT SMELLS.
YOU HAVE THE, THE SEEING OF ALL THE BEAUTIFUL WINDOWS, RIGHT? LIKE THERE'S SO MANY THINGS TO INCORPORATE INSTEAD OF SITTING AT HOME.
IT JUST LIKE WHEN YOU ARE NOT FEELING WELL, RIGHT? AND YOU SIT HOME ALL DAY AND YOU FINALLY TAKE A SHOWER AND YOU'RE LIKE, HUH, THIS MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, COVID LEFT WITH US WAS THE TECHNOLOGY.
UH, IT WAS USED TO REACH OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE.
AND THAT I FIND SO, UM, GREAT BECAUSE I MEAN, I RUN GROUPS OF, UH, WITH GROUPS IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH BY ZOOM.
SO I HAVE THEIR, THE, AND EVERYTHING.
I LISTEN TO THE STORIES AND ALL THAT.
BUT PEOPLE CAN MAKE A, A ZOOM GROUP, UM, FOR BOOKS OR FOR MANY OTHER THINGS.
RECIPES THEY WANT TO SHARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN SHARING WHAT THEY TASTE LIKE, RIGHT? YES.
THEN YOU ARE DOING YOUR, YOUR TASTING RIGHT? AGAIN, IT BRINGS ANOTHER THING TO YOUR LIFE, RIGHT? EVEN IF IT DOESN'T TASTE LIKE IT'S JUST SOMETHING DIFFERENT, RIGHT? BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO, FROM YOUR OUT FROM, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S WINTER TIME, YOU DON'T WANT TO GO OUT.
OPEN UP TO ZOOM AND THIS DAY FROM THIS DAY FROM, YOU KNOW, THURSDAY FROM THREE TO ONE OR, OR WHATEVER, OR FOUR TO TWO OR WHATEVER, RIGHT? RIGHT.
EVEN, YOU KNOW, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, UH, ZOOM, WHAT ABOUT TALKING TO YOUR GRANDCHILDREN OR YOUR CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT IN STATE FACETIME? SO YOU COULD SEE THEM.
ANYBODY DO THAT? I I FACE MY BROTHER.
SEE, WHERE DOES HE LIVE? MILWAUKEE.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA FLY THERE IN TWO SECONDS, RIGHT? SO YOU GET TO SEE HIM.
IT'S ALMOST, AT LEAST YOU'RE GETTING THAT, THAT FEELING OF BEING NEAR HIM, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT, RIGHT? YOU GET TO SEE CHASE SO DIFFERENT FROM LIKE YEARS AGO WHEN WE COULDN'T DO STUFF LIKE THAT, I GUESS.
UM, LET'S SEE YOU ALL THE SAME.
SO I AM GOING TO, SO AS MUCH AS, LET'S SEE, EVERYBODY GOT ONE OF THESE, EVERYBODY GOT SOME PAPERS? SO WE ARE JUST GOING TO, I'M GONNA WORK YOUR BRAINS A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT? SO YOU THINK THIS IS GONNA BE JUST A LECTURE, BUT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA DO SOME STUFF.
SO FOR THE FIRST PART I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU, THIS IS OUT ALPHABET TIMES THE MONTH OF THE YEAR.
IT'S ACTUALLY VERY HARD SO PEOPLE CAN TRY IT AT FIRST WITHOUT WRITING IT DOWN.
I CAN'T DO IT THAT WAY BECAUSE I CHEAT SHEET.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE IT'S QUITE HARD BECAUSE THAT BRAIN THINK ONE WAY, RIGHT? FEBRUARY, MARCH, AND WE HAVE TO THINK DIFFERENTLY.
IT SOUNDS SO SILLY, BUT THINK ABOUT IT.
ALL RIGHT? IF YOU'VE GOT, GIVE YOU GUYS A MINUTE OR SO TO DO IT WITH MINUTE
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DON'T GO TO THE NEXT ONE YET.WE'LL DO IT ALL TOGETHER AFTER.
I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW MORE SECONDS.
YOU DONE? AND YOU'RE GONNA READ 'EM OFF WHEN
GIVE YOU ONE MORE MINUTE, A FEW MORE SECONDS.
YOU COULD ALSO DO IT WITH THE DAYS OF THE WEEK, RIGHT? EVEN THAT, IT TAKES A MINUTE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR MINDSET, RIGHT? SO I COULD ALSO TELL YOU, I USED TO RUN, BLESS YOU.
I USED TO RUN IN CENTRAL PARK, RIGHT? AND I ALWAYS WENT THE SAME WAY.
AND MY GIRLFRIEND, MY GIRLFRIEND OF MINE SAID TO ME, WHY DON'T YOU RUN BACKWARDS LIKE THE OTHER WAY, NOT RUNNING BACK.
AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL? I COULD NOT FIND A WATER FOUNTAIN.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE.
MY WHOLE ENTIRE BRAIN WAS CONFUSED.
SO IF YOU GUYS WALK A CERTAIN LADDER ALL THE TIME, GO A DIFFERENT WAY AND YOUR BRAIN, IT IS THE STRANGEST THING, RIGHT? I AM TELLING YOU, WHEN I DID THAT WALK, RUNNING THE WRONG WAY, IT WAS RIDICULOUS.
WRONG THE WRONG WAY, IT WAS THE RIGHT WAY, BUT NOT THE USUAL WAY.
I GUESS THAT WAS ALRIGHT, SIR.
SO HE'S GONNA TELL US OFF THE ORDER AND WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK EVERYBODY, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, APRIL, AUGUST, DECEMBER, FEBRUARY, JANUARY, JUNE, JULY 1ST, JUNE, JULY 1ST, JULY 1ST, JULY, JULY, JUNE, JULY, MARCH, MAY, NOVEMBER, OCTOBER, SEPTEMBER.
DON'T GO ONTO THE NEXT ONE YET.
SO I THINK, LIKE I SAID, IT JUST INTERESTING HOW OUR BRAIN WORKS.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO DO IT? IT'S HARD.
HARD WITH WHAT? WITH CORRECTION.
WITH CORRECTION ABOUT IT OVER THE BE SO BASIC, RIGHT? ACTUALLY, SO I HAD A CLIENT YEAR A COUPLE YEARS AGO, AND SHE WOULD DO IPAD WORD GAMES WITH ME AND HER SON SAID HE, SHE WILL NEVER DO THE IPAD WORD GAMES WITH ME BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT SHE DOES WITH YOU.
WHAT CAN I DO WITH HER? SHE WASN'T SPEAKING THAT MUCH ANYMORE.
SO I SAID, LET ME THINK ABOUT IT.
SO I TRIED PLAYING JUST MORE WITH HER, RIGHT? BUT I WOULD HAVE HER SAVE ONE NUMBER, I WOULD DO THE OTHER NUMBER AND WE WOULD COMPETE.
AND IT TURNED INTO THIS GAME AND I SAID, TRY WAR WITH HER AND SEE HOW IT GOES, RIGHT? IT'S SUCH A BASIC THING, RIGHT? AND I GET THIS EMAIL AND I FIRST THOUGHT, OH GOD, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A VERY NICE EMAIL.
HE'S LIKE, I GOT STUCK PLAYING WITH MY MOM FOR AN HOUR PLAYING WAR.
IT WAS THE BEST HOUR OF MY LIFE.
AND SHE'S THINKING, YOU ARE THINKING, RIGHT? AND YOU'RE INTERACTING.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT HE DID WITH HER.
I MEAN, IT'S SO SIMPLE, RIGHT? YOU THINK IT HAS TO BE, YOU HAVE TO DO THESE GAMES ON THE IPAD OR YOU HAVE TO GET THIS BOOK WAR OH WAR IS A CARD GAME AND YOU HAVE SPLIT THE DECK IN HALF
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AND YOU PUT A CARD DOWN AND I PUT A CARD DOWN.WHOEVER HAS THE HIGHER CARD, I SKEPTIC, RIGHT? I A QUESTION, DO YOU RECOMMEND? I DON'T KNOW THAT VERY WELL.
I, I THINK ANY WORD GAME THAT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH, DO IT.
IS THERE ANYONE I CAN, I CAN TELL YOU TOO AFTER, SO, SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, I, I ALWAYS, I HAVE THIS, I ONLY HAVE A FEW OF THEM.
THIS IS FROM THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION.
IT'S CALLED THE US POINTER SYSTEM SYSTEM.
UM, US POINTER IS CALLED AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU THE RESULTS THAT THEY GOT AND WHAT THEY DID.
UM, SO US POINTER RESULTS SHOW THAT HEALTHY BEHAVIORS HAVE A POWERFUL IMPACT ON BRAIN HEALTH.
THIS TWO YEAR CLINICAL TRIAL FOUND THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY TARGETING RISK FACTORS FOR COGNITIVE DECLINE, INCLUDING REGULAR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, A BRAIN HEALTHY DIET, COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND HEALTHY MONITORING CAN IMPROVE BRAIN FUNCTION IN OLDER ADULTS.
WHY? THE COGNITIVE HELP OF ALL PARTICIPANTS IN US POINTER APPROVED.
THE GROUP THAT FILED A MORE STRUCTURED PROGRAM IMPROVED EVEN MORE, HELPING TO PROTECT THINKING AND MEMORY FROM THE NORMAL DECLINE THAT OFTEN COMES WITH AGING.
OVER THE TWO YEAR PERIOD OF THIS STUDY, THESE RESULTS PROVIDE POWERFUL, ACTIONABLE GUIDANCE FOR PROMOTING BRAIN HEALTH AND AGING POPULATIONS.
SO THEY PUT TOGETHER THE FOUR THINGS, I HAVE A FEW OF THEM AND YOU GUYS COULD JUST SHARE THEM.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS THEY SAY PHYSICAL EXERCISE SERVING A 35 MINUTES OF MODERATE TO INTENSE AEROBIC ACTIVITY FOUR TIMES A WEEK, PLUS STRENGTH AND FLEXIBILITY, EXERCISE, HEALTH MONITORING, REGULAR CHECK-INS ON BLOOD PRESSURE, WEIGHT AND LAB RESULTS.
NUTRITION, ADHERENCE TO THE MIND DIET WHICH EMPHASIZES DARK LEAFY GREENS, BERRIES, NUTS, HOME GRAINS, OLIVE OIL AND FISH AND LIMITS, SUGAR AND UNHEALTHY FATS.
COGNITIVE EXERCISE, COMPUTER BASED BRAIN TRAINING PROGRAM, THREE TIMES A WEEK FOR 30 MINUTES PLUS REGULAR ENGAGEMENT WITH INTELLECTUALLY CHALLENGING THE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.
ALRIGHT? PARTICIPATED PARTICIPANTS FOLLOWED EITHER A SELF GUIDED OR STRUCTURED LIFESTYLE PROGRAM.
THE TWO INTERVENTIONS BOTH FOCUSED ON THE SAME LIFESTYLE DOMAINS BUT DIFFERED IN STRUCTURE, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND SUPPORT.
SO WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY PUT IT IN A CIRCLE AND ALL THE IMPORTANT THINGS ALL JUST PUT ONE ON EACH TABLE AND THEN I'LL COLLECT IT.
I DID TAKE THAT MANY, SORRY, TAKE PICTURE.
SO THESE ARE JUST, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GRAB AT THIS POINT AROUND, I'LL GIVE ONE OTHER OTHER, AND IT'S AN INTERESTING THING.
SO THEY SAFE, THIS WILL IMPROVE, RIGHT? IT'S THAT WHOLE SAY, IF YOU DON'T USE IT, YOU LOSE.
RIGHT? SO THAT GOES WITH, YOU KNOW, YOUR PHYSICAL RIGHT? YOU DON'T SEE THAT OUR MATTER LEGS, BUT IT ALSO GOES WITHOUT BRAIN, RIGHT? LIKE IF YOU'RE SITTING AROUND ALL DAY WATCHING JUMP TV, IT IS, YOU ARE GONNA LOSE IT, RIGHT? RIGHT.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE IT.
ALL RIGHT? SO THE OTHER ONE, WE'RE GOING DO THE NEXT ONE ON HERE.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA DO A BREAKDOWN OF THE WORD COMMUNICATION.
SO WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS FIND AS MANY WORDS AS YOU CAN.
TWO, YOU MAY EVEN DO TWO OR MORE.
IF THERE'S TWO M'S, YOU COULD USE TWO M BUT YOU CAN'T USE THE LETTERS TWICE UNLESS THEY'RE ON IN THE WORD COMMUNICATION.
SO I WANT YOU GUYS TO MAKE AS MANY WORDS AS YOU CAN WITH THOSE.
THAT WORD WITH COMMUNICATION, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE BULLET LETTERS IN THE SAME ORDER, RIGHT? NO.
YOU THINK IT COULD BE ANY MIXED UP ANY WAY YOU WANT.
JUST THINK OF AS MANY WORDS AS POSSIBLE.
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KEEP GOING.MAYBE A FEW MORE SECONDS, MINUTE MAYBE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE 30 WORDS? DOES ANYBODY HAVE 20 WORDS? DOES ANYBODY HAVE 15 WORDS? OKAY, WHY DON'T YOU START, BECAUSE YOU SCREAM THEM OUT AND THEN WE'LL GO AROUND AND SEE.
HAVE ANY OTHER WORDS? WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
SHE'S GOING SCREAM ABOUT COMMENT.
ACTION, MOTION, HOT TONGUE, MOON TIN, CUT, MUT, NUT, TAIL, CALM, TICK TONGUE.
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T ANYBODY ELSE WANNA READ THEIR WORDS? I, SO ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT THIS WORLD HERE.ONE THAT EVENTUALLY VERY GOOD.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER WORDS THAT THEY WANNA CALL OUT? OCEAN.
SO I COULD TELL YOU THAT I BET YOU IF YOU TAKE THIS PIECE OF PAPER HOME WITH YOU AND YOU LOOK AT IT TONIGHT, YOU WILL THINK OF MORE WORDS.
IT'S QUITE INTERESTING HOW BRAIN WORK, RIGHT? IT'S KIND OF LIKE MY WHOLE THEORY.
YOU RUN THIS WAY AND YOU RUN BACKWARDS.
YOU WALK AWAY, YOU COME BACK, YOU WILL THINK OF MORE WORDS.
AND HE CAN DO THIS WITH ANY WORD.
AND THIS IS A SIMPLE THING TO DO, RIGHT? IT'S NOT LIKE YOU OVER THE TOP THING.
HAVE A COMPETITION WITH ONE OF YOUR GRANDCHILDREN.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE TOGETHER.
LET HIM OR HER DO IT AND YOU DO IT ON THE PHONE.
THE GRANDCHILDREN WOULD HAVE A BLAST.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA GO ON THE NEXT ACTIVITY.
I'M GONNA KEEP YOU GUYS WORKING.
TRY TO THINK OF AS MANY WORDS AS YOU CAN.
YOU'LL SEE THIS IS ACTUALLY ALSO ANOTHER INTERESTING ONE.
SO WRITE 'EM DOWN AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
BR THE FIRST TWO LETTERS, WHY YOU DO THAT? I'M GONNA LOOK SOMETHING UP.
OKAY, A FEW MORE SECONDS AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE DONE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE 30? WHAT? 80.
ANYBODY HAVE 20? OKAY, SO LET'S START HERE.
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BROTHER, CROSS BRAIN, BRANDON BRIDGE.BRILLIANT BRANDY, WE'RE ALMOST DONE.
GREAT, GREAT REACH, BREATHE, BREATH, GRIND ROOM.
WHO ELSE? EVERYBODY ELSE GO MENTION GREEK.
ANYBODY ELSE WANNA DRAW? SO TELL YOU, I LOOKED UP WORDS.
THERE ARE THREE, THREE LETTER WORDS, 25 4 LETTER WORDS, 88 5.
SIX, A HUNDRED FORTY NINE, SIX LETTER WORDS WITH 2 88, 9 2 5, 1047 WORDS.
11 RUNNING WORTH A HUNDRED POUNDS.
RIBS, BRONCHOSCOPIC, BROWN, SCHWIGGER, BRONCH, DILATORS.
SO IT'S VERY FUNNY, LIKE WE, YOU GUYS THOUGHT OF THIS MANY WORDS.
THERE WAS LIKE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF WORDS WITH VR.
I MEAN, HOW FUNNY IS THAT? BUT AGAIN, I'M GONNA SAY THE SAME THING I SAID BEFORE.
I BET IF YOU GO BACK TONIGHT, YOU GO BACK TOMORROW, YOU WILL FIGURE OUT MORE WORDS EACH TIME.
IT'S JUST SO FUNNY HOW OUR BRAINS WORK, RIGHT? IT'S JUST SO INTERESTING THAT WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE BR WORDS, RIGHT? BUT OUR BRAINS JUST SHUT OFF AT ONE POINT, RIGHT? IT'S VERY INTERESTING, RIGHT? I MEAN, I'M SURE SOME OF THE WORDS ARE LIKE ROCK AND ROCKS, YOU KNOW, LIKE, SO THAT'S MORE WORDS, RIGHT? IT IS QUITE INTERESTING.
UM, SO WE, LET ME JUST TURN THIS OFF.
UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THE LAST ONE.
I, THERE'S ANOTHER THING THAT I ALWAYS, UM, HAVE ONE OF MY CLIENTS DO, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY, I TALKED ABOUT PAIN BY NUMBERS, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED PAINT BY STICKERS.
DID ANYBODY EVER DO THAT? I SHOULD.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MIGHT HAVE ON IN.
ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS LIKE A MIDDLE STAGE SCENE ARE, I JUST THINK THERE'S SUCH A GREAT THING BECAUSE ITS HAND EYE COORDINATION.
IT'S FOCUSING, IT'S LOOKING AT THE COLORS.
AND SO WHAT IT IS, IS IT'S, THIS ONE I HAVE IS LIKE A MIDDLE, UH, LEVEL ONE.
AND YOU PEEL UP THE STICKERS AND YOU PUT IT ON THIS.
ANYBODY WHO HAS ARTHRITIS OR HAVE ANY HANDS ISSUE, UM, THEY HAVE SUPER DUPER HARD ONES FOR ADULTS AND THEY HAVE FAMOUS ARTISTS AND TRAVELING.
SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO HAVE THE SKILLS TO DO IT.
SOMETIMES I'VE HEARD SOMEBODY USE LIKE, UM, TWEEZERS TO OMA AND THEN THEY HAVE LIKE A MIDDLE LEVEL ONE, AND THEN THERE'S LIKE ANIMALS THAT ARE WEAR AND THEY'RE VERY SIMPLE.
I, I HAPPEN TO LIKE THIS ONE, THIS IS A NEWER ONE.
IT JUST CAME OUT AND I, THEY'RE SO PRETTY
IF YOU JUST LOOK UP PAINT, BUY, STICK, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TAKE, IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD.
AND, UM, IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO DO.
AND AGAIN, IT COULD BE SOMETHING YOU COULD DO WITH YOUR GRANDCHILDREN.
SOME OF 'EM ARE ACTUALLY TOO HARD FOR THE GRANDCHILDREN TO DO, RIGHT? SO DEPENDING IF YOU HAVE OLDER ONES, IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
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I'M GONNA LEAVE IT OPEN NOW.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS OR IF ANYBODY WANTS TO ASK ME A SEPARATE QUESTION AFTERWARDS, I ASK SOME TIME AFTERWARDS.
BUT, UM, IF ANYBODY WANTS A FLYER OR MY OWN, BUT MY INFORMATION IS ON THERE.
UM, ANYBODY YES? DON'T YOU SAY THAT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
JUST READING A BOOK OR JUST READING ANYTHING IS REALLY GOOD FOR YOU.
I THINK READING THOUGH, AND THEN ADDING LIKE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT IS EVEN BETTER BECAUSE IT IS THEN IT IS RETAINING IT.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES I'LL READ STUFF AND I'M JUST LIKE, WHAT? OKAY.
SO I ALSO, YOU KNOW, I, I DO LIKE, UH, READING WITH SOME OF MY CLIENTS WITH, BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE I DO WHAT MY CLIENTS DO, I, BECAUSE I DRIVE AROUND A LOT, I LISTEN TO A BOOK ON TAPE, RIGHT? 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE TIME ALWAYS TO, TO READ.
I, AS I'M DRIVING, I LISTENED TO IT AND I, I NEVER THOUGHT AGAIN, I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD DO THIS BECAUSE I WAS SUCH A LEADER AND I JUST HAVEN'T BEEN READING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND I STARTED DOING THIS WITH MY CLIENT.
I'M LIKE, WHY AREN'T I LISTENING ON? SO THIS IS WHAT I DO NOW TOO.
SO AGAIN, IT'S STIMULATING MY MIND OTHER THAN JUST LISTENING TO MUSIC IN THE CAR.
AND I'VE LISTEN TO, I SELF HELP BOOKS.
I'VE LISTEN TO REGULAR NOVELS.
LIKE, I MIX IT UP ALL THE TIME JUST TO KIND OF STIMULATE MY BRAIN.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST THANK YOU.