Mind Games Do Help Seniors
August 4, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
If your older parent or friend (or spouse) enjoys doing puzzles like crossword puzzles or sudoku, you might be best off going out and buying more of them to keep him or her busy. They do help many people keep their minds strong, say researchers.
Of course, this isn’t new news. We’ve read a few times about how “use it or lose it” also works for the brain, but a new study from New York has backed this up even further. The results were published in the most recent issue of the journal Neurology.
Researchers followed 488 people who were between 75 …read more




