Category Archives: Brain Health

Knowledge and wisdom about brain health gained from providing long term caregiving, long distance journeying and neuroscience.

The Alzheimer’s Murder Mystery

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Alzheimer’s research resembles a television murder mystery. Detectives come up with seedy suspects for a series of murders, such as gang members. The District Attorney wants all gang members charged and the investigation wrapped up quickly, but there are too … Continue reading

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Brain Health Advice – Be of Good Cheer

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I have a holiday gift for everyone, with the hope that most people are not conditioned to ignore the benefits being offered. The gift lies in some statistics provided by the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development. Almost 1400 … Continue reading

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Caregiver Activity – Company

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This past weekend my brother Bob and wife Jill came down from New Hampshire to visit us. They dropped by four consecutive days, Friday to Monday. The highlight was the games we played on Sunday afternoon, when yours truly might … Continue reading

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Caregiver Activity – Games

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At one point I was concerned that Cindy might have an “accident.” Cindy, our daughter Serena, her boyfriend Kevin and I were gathered around the kitchen table playing a card version of “Family Feud.” Just as with the television version, … Continue reading

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Keeping it Kuhl

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Once autumn approaches I know that every morning the last piece of clothing I will put on Cindy is a green fleece jacket. Just mentioning the jacket brings the same kind of smile as mentioning chocolate, as if the jacket … Continue reading

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Caregiver Activity – Walking

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Cindy and I hung a left off of Shepard Road, onto the woods road that brings you to Barbour Woods and the other Land Trust Trails. Each of us frequently walked and ran on these trails in the past. We … Continue reading

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The Care of Family

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Blog posts continue to be sparse for now because of hectic times on Emerson Street. Hectic times can cause stress, which in turn hurts brain health, but we are amidst a good type of hectic times. Our daughter Serena has … Continue reading

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Battles

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Cindy sometimes struggles to take her pills. She tries to cooperate, bu just doesn’t know whtat to do at times. I’ll start by putting the pills in her hand and even this might be met with a quizzical expression of … Continue reading

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All in the Smile

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If you have followed this blog for awhile you have seen photos of many bright smiles from Cindy. I have bountiful material from the American Discovery and Pacific Crest Trails from which to choose these smiles, yet you don’t get … Continue reading

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The Walk

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Our favorite walk in Norfolk is about 4 miles long. Starting from our home near the village center we do a loop towards the east and back, up Laurel Way and back on Greenwoods Road, then a loop towards the … Continue reading

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