Wednesday, March 11, 2009
"Memory Jogging Puzzles" were designed by a woman who watched her mother, disabled by a stroke in her 50s, deteriorate physically and mentally. The founder of Memory Jogging Puzzles did her research. She became aware of what is needed by activity directors in nursing homes and she designed two main p...
Carol.....being a person with dementia I can tell you that puzzles can be a tremendous help. Thank you for posting about this site. Any brain exercise is great, especially when an accomplishment is made.
What a great testimonial, Sandy! Nothing like getting it straight from people who really know.
Blessings,
Carol
Yes, Carol, my grandmother also says positive things about puzzles. She also buys a huge amount of crossword magazines and fill them all the time. She says this way she trains her brain.
As with nearly everything, there have been conflicting studies on how much these activities actually "preserve" the brain, though doing different things, or the same things differently, is thought to help. My feeling is that, whether it preserves the brain, trains the brain or anything of the type, if the person enjoys doing the activity and it gives him or her a feeling of accomplishment or pleasure, then it has done something very good, indeed. If it does more, that is even better.
Carol