How Can I Help My Memory?

Eric Shapira, DDS, MA
Clinical Gerontologist-Aging Specialist
Aging Mentor Services, Inc.

PRACTICE MAKES PERMANENCE

• REGULAR HEalTH CHECKS…REGULAR EXAMINATIONS, MEDICATIONS
• EXTERNAL REMINDERS…ALARMS, CALENDAR, NEWSPAPER
• MEMORY TECHNIQUES…MNEUMONICS, RHYMES, VISUALIZATIONS AND ACRONYMS
• EXERCISE YOUR MIND…CROSSWORD PUZZLES, CARDS, CHESS, READING, LEARNING OR WRITING A POEM

• MAKE NOTES AND TAKE NOTICE…”TO DO LISTS”
• BE ORGANIZED…HAVE EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE; USE A DIARY AND A REGULAR ROUTINE
• EXERCISE YOUR BODY AND EAT HEALTHY…REGULAR EXERCISE FOR 30 MINUTES MOST OF THE DAYS OF THE WEEK, GET PLENTY OF SLEEP, AND AN AFTERNOON NAP OR REST TIME, DECREASE ALCOHOL, CUT OUT SMOKING; GO DANCING…3 TIMES A WEEK FOR 30 MINUTES, MINIMUM!
• RELAX! REMEMBER, NOBODY IS PERFECT! WE ALL FORGET SOMETIMES. PERHAPS WE ARE TIRED, STRESSED OR PREOCCUPIED. WORRY AND ANXIETY MAY THEMSELVES CAUSE MEMORY LOSS.