Mayo Study: Midlife Arts Activities Contribute To Later-Life Brain Health
Recent results from the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging indicate that people who did arts and crafts in middle age are less likely to develop memory problems in old age if they continue the activities.
The Mayo researchers report that elderly people who engaged in midlife arts and crafts, as well as social activities such as book clubs or travel, were about half as likely to have cognitive impairments as those who did not.
Brain-stimulating activities help build new brain connections and strengthen old connections, the researchers explain. Reuters reports on the study, which appears in the medical journal Neurology.
Top 5 Most-Read Articles - December 1
In case you missed out, here are the articles Ecumen's online visitors found most interesting last week:
Ecumen Century Club: Angeline Lee, 108, and Eunice Anderson, 103
Angeline Lee and Eunice Anderson, who live at Ecumen-managed Clarkfield Care Center, have a Nov. 30 birthday in common and also share extraordinary longevity. This Sunday they will be celebrating their birthdays that add up to 211 years of living. ...
Dementia-Friendly Communities Emerging in Midwest
Around Minnesota and Wisconsin, you will be seeing more businesses posting a new window cling with a purple angel symbol and this message: "We are a Dementia Friendly Business." ...
How to Say Thank You to a Caregiver This Thanksgiving
As if next week's national day of giving thanks weren't enough to express gratitude to those who care for relatives in need, it's also National Family Caregivers Month. ...
The Life-and-Death Experience of Ecumen Board Member Kris Linner
"There is no way to explain that feeling of life leaving," says Rev. Kris Linner, who has spent the last 15 years doing hospice work, ministering to hundreds of people as the spirit leaves the body. How can she do this? It's a probing question she gets all the time, and this is her mystical answer...
Ecumen Blogger Jim Klobuchar: Geese Lover Strikes Out
The season's first snowstorm set off predictable snarls of martyrdom among the early monring dirvers with whom I share the road. ...
You can read these articles and more at ecumen.org.
Ecumen Century Club: Angeline Lee, 108, and Eunice Anderson, 103
Angeline Lee and Eunice Anderson, who live at Ecumen-managed Clarkfield Care Center, have a Nov. 30 birthday in common and also share extraordinary longevity. This Sunday they will be celebrating their birthdays that add up to 211 years of living.
Ecumen Blogger Jim Klobuchar: Geese Lover Strikes Out
Once again, no good deed goes unpunished, as Jim Klobuchar's well-intentioned goose intervention turns to comic chaos.