After being diagnosed as having early onset Lewy Body Dementia, my wife thought it would be a good idea to do cross word puzzles and word searches in the hope of stimulating my brain.
Shortly afterwards we spotted a DVD for the computer in Woolworth's when they were still trading and it contained a lot of Brain Training puzzles of one description or another.
I used to spend up wards of 20 Min's a night going through these in an attempt to getting better scores. Although I managed to get away from the basic and reached to Middle section, I felt that it was getting more and more difficult to keep up with.
We have recently bought the next DVD which is an upgrade of the first, but this is a lot tougher to cope with.
I have heard it said on many occasions that these things are useless to people like me who have this illness. However it was said recently by a Professor in the Field of dementia, that if people try to keep their brains working, they stand a better chance of fighting the dementia and keeping it at bay a little longer. Even the psychologist at the hospital where I go to see the memory nurse etc, thinks its a good idea to do these as a way of keeping active.
While many are not diagnosed early enough to benefit from these, I do wonder if anyone else has tried them and had any luck.
I used to love doing crosswords etc, but now I do struggle with even the basic, so I tend to give them a miss.
Although I confess that I am not using the DVDs as much as I did before, I do think they have a place in helping where this illness is concerned.
I would be very interested in hearing anyone else's views on this subject.
Best Wishes
Ken
Shortly afterwards we spotted a DVD for the computer in Woolworth's when they were still trading and it contained a lot of Brain Training puzzles of one description or another.
I used to spend up wards of 20 Min's a night going through these in an attempt to getting better scores. Although I managed to get away from the basic and reached to Middle section, I felt that it was getting more and more difficult to keep up with.
We have recently bought the next DVD which is an upgrade of the first, but this is a lot tougher to cope with.
I have heard it said on many occasions that these things are useless to people like me who have this illness. However it was said recently by a Professor in the Field of dementia, that if people try to keep their brains working, they stand a better chance of fighting the dementia and keeping it at bay a little longer. Even the psychologist at the hospital where I go to see the memory nurse etc, thinks its a good idea to do these as a way of keeping active.
While many are not diagnosed early enough to benefit from these, I do wonder if anyone else has tried them and had any luck.
I used to love doing crosswords etc, but now I do struggle with even the basic, so I tend to give them a miss.
Although I confess that I am not using the DVDs as much as I did before, I do think they have a place in helping where this illness is concerned.
I would be very interested in hearing anyone else's views on this subject.
Best Wishes
Ken
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