Can Playing Games Help Treat Alzheimer's?
Sunday August 24, 2003
About two months ago, new research suggested that playing games might help people avoid Alzheimer's and other dementia. Now, researchers at Florida Atlantic University are taking it one step further.
According to an article in the Florida Sun-Sentinel, 10 people are participating in a program designed "to see whether board games, puzzles and story telling can retrain their brains" and help to "retain their memories and mental functioning longer."
All of the participants have Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, or some other neurological problem. They take part in twice-weekly sessions coordinated by FAU's Memory and Wellness Center.
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MY MOTHER IS 84, HER ONSET OF ALZHEIMER’S, WAS 6 YRS. AGO.
MY MOM WAS AN AVID READER(3-4 BOOKS AWEEK), WORKED CROSSWORD PUZZLES DAILEY AND WAS ALWAYS PLAYING DIFFERENT GAMES.(BOARD GAMES, CARD GAMES, DICE GAMES,ETC. I WAS SURPRISED WHEN THIS HAPPEN TO MY MOM.