August 11, 2011 1 Comment

Overcome Stress with Good Old Fashioned Exercise

Panther Creek Park Hiking Trail Owensboro Kentucky

Exercise, such as hiking a great trail, is great for your mind, your body, and even your emotions. Exercise reduces stress and brings about a feeling of contentment and happiness.

Everyone knows that exercise is GREAT for you.  Being physically active isn’t only beneficial for the way you look, it’ s healthy for your bones, your cardiovascular system, your respiratory system, your brain, and even your emotional state.  When we exercise, we release endorphins.  Endorphins help reduce stress, improve our mood, and even bring about a feeling of happiness.  Endorphins could give dogs a run for “man’s best friend!”

Exercise also helps us to relax and even improves our sleep.  Obviously these add greatly to the physical and emotional benefits of exercise.

Exercise has also been shown to improve memory and mental ability and is believed by experts to be vital for maintaining desired brain function as we get grow older. Our generation is, for very good reason, concerned about Alzheimer’s prevention, dementia prevention, preserving our memory, and staying mentally fit.  We read everything we can get our hands on and vow to eat better, exercise more, and challenge our minds each and every day.

The problem is, many people stop right there! They don’t change their diet, they don’t seek out ways to become more active, and they keep doing and reading the same things over and over again.

On the mental fitness blog, we spend a great deal of time talking about brain food (foods we should be eating and not eating for optimum brain health) and we certainly look at different brain games and ways to challenge our minds.  Over the past year, we’ve spent more time discussing how exercise benefits the brain and strengthens the mind.   However, we have to remind ourselves daily that thinking about these things or reading about them isn’t going to bring about the desired results.  We have to make up our mind to actively pursue mental fitness.  We must be proactive about all aspects of our health: mental, emotional, and physical.

I hope you’ll vow, today, to become more physically active. The great thing is you don’t have to join a gym, get on a bike, or even play sports.  All of those things are great, mind you, but not everyone has the time or inclination to do any of these activities.  My advice is this: Simply MOVE MORE!

Below are ways to “sneak” more activity into your days:

  • When you go to the store, park as far away from the door as you possibly can!
  • Be mindful of the number of steps you take a day – the more the better.  You may even want to buy a pedometer to keep track of your steps. It’s actually a lot of fun to wear one on your waist and try to hit 10,000 (or more) steps each day.
  • Clean house like you mean it! Clean for a straight 30 minutes, exaggerating each movement.
  • When in the grocery store, take the long route to each item on your list. Remember, get your step count up.
  • Use a push mower for all, or at least part, of your yard.
  • Get in the habit of taking a 10-15 minute walk after breakfast and again after supper.
  • Take your dog for long walks – it’s great for both of you.
  • While watching television, lift weights, do yoga, or simply walk in place.
  • If you have a sedentary job, get up often and stretch, do lunges, and even jumping jacks (this is assuming no one else is around!)
  • If you’re a homemaker or work from home, make a point of having 3 fifteen minute activity bursts during the day. During each burst, get up and walk briskly through the house, turn on music and dance, or simply get in the floor and do the exercises you learned in gym class, circa 1970.  (jumping jacks, leg lifts, push ups…)
  • Find great hiking trails in your area. You’ll have so much fun you’ll want to go again and again and again. That, of course, is the idea.

Bottom line: Get that body moving and don’t ever let it stop.  A body in motion tends to stay in motion. A body NOT in motion tends to succumb to atrophy.  How’s that for shocking imagery?

Make each move count double!

~ Joi

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July 19, 2011 Leave a Comment

The Number One Way to Head Stress Off at the Pass

Holy Mole Comic Strip

When we commit to action, to actually doing something rather than feeling trapped by events, the stress in our life becomes manageable. – Greg Anderson

Stress is one of those dreaded things in life that, when it bites, feels as if it has a billion and one teeth. We find ourselves at its mercy, searching for ways to forcibly remove its teeth from our backside. We listen to Classical music, practice our favorite yoga poses, chant every relaxing affirmation we can remember, drink green tea, pet the cat, spray the room with lavender, take deep breaths, rub smooth stones… sometimes all at once.  It can be done. Trust me, I raised three daughters – who were all in their teens at once.

Ohm… Ohm… Ohm…..

In addition to the raising of the three, I also work from home full-time in our web publishing business. You know the drill.  When you’re in business for yourself, it’s all on you. Your success, your failure, your outcome, your bottom line – they’re all in your hands.  And the hands they’re in only add up to two, even though the work is more suited for about 8 hands.  Throw being a wife and mother on top of working from home – and then sprinkle it with an ecomony that’s hell bent on making paupers of us all and, you guessed it…

Ohm…. Ohm… Ohm…. where’s the lavender?…. I need more green tea… Bach or Beethoven?…. Somebody bring me the cat!!!

Throughout my life, however – yes, even when the three were in their teens – I’ve learned that the best way to really handle stress when it shows up on your doorstep isn’t to hide in another room.  The smartest thing isn’t to pull the drapes and try to hide, as though it’s with Jehovah’s Witness.  You can’t see me, I must not be home. Hop on your bike and ride away.

The funny thing about stress is this: It doesn’t hop on its bike and ride away. It also doesn’t fall for your “I’m not home” trick.  Stress knows you’re there and it’s not leaving until it sinks its teeth in.

As odd as it may seem, when stress steps onto your doorstep, the wisest thing to do is open the door before it even has a chance to knock. Get the jump on him and catch him off guard. Like all bullies, stress wants to feel as though it has the upper hand and the last say. These are its life sources, so to speak, and if you keep giving them to it, stress will see no reason to leave.

Meet Stress Head On!

One of my favorite ways to relax and unwind is to take my coffee or tea into the front yard, sit in a favorite lawn chair, and watch butterflies in our flower bed and birds at our bird feeders. I sit with our outside cats as our inside cat sits at the window, glaring out.  The cats apparently think it’s relaxing to watch birds, too, they never take their eyes off of them.

A few days ago, I was having a crazy bad day – one in which everything didn’t just go wrong, it went bizarrely wrong.  Needless to say, I practically ran to the front yard. Unfortunately, the stress was right on my heels and sat in a chair adjacent to mine. It occurred to me that I couldn’t outrun the stressors and there was no where to hide. As I watched a couple of gorgeous white doves (and wondered how dove hunters could live with themselves), I realized that the only way to DITCH the stressors was to DEFEAT the stressors.  So I said adieu to the doves, cardinals, cats, butterflies, and squirrels, grabbed my iced tea, and came back to the computer.

Within an hour I had all the things that were looming over me “knocked out” and returned to the front yard. This time I came alone and the only thing in the adjacent chair was my cat Hannah.

Ask yourself what things cause you the most stress. Money? Work? Feeling overwhelmed? Chores? Make no mistake about it, your stressor will come to you as soon as you ask for it. It’s waiting just around the corner. Always is. Now, summon up all of the common sense and intellect you have at your disposal and come up with ways to prevent the situations in which these particular stressors present themselves.

When you do so, you will have met stress at the door, stopped it in its steps, and slammed the door in its face.  Read the quote at the top again… never mind, I’ll bring it to you – When we commit to action, to actually doing something rather than feeling trapped by events, the stress in our life becomes manageable. – Greg Anderson

Now put that in your green tea and sip it!

Make each moment count double,

~ Joi

The adorable comic strip at the top of the post is the Holy Mole strip by Rick Hotton. To see more of this entertaining, inspirational, and one-of-a-kind comic strip see Holy Mole on Self Help Daily.

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July 15, 2011 Leave a Comment

What are Bifocal Glasses?

The following is a sponsored guest post. Enjoy!

Ever heard of Bifocal glasses? Not many people will have unless they have them or know someone who wears them. So here is what they are.

Bifocal glasses are glasses that have two optical powers. This means they help you see far away as well as helping you see up close. These are ideal for those that are both short and long-sighted.

It is believed that Benjamin Franklin invented the bifocal lens around 1784. However many historians believe it was not all his doing and that he may have not come with the idea himself at all. But, putting this aside, the bifocal lens was coined in 1824 and began to help many of those with poor vision.

The way it works is that the glasses lens is split into two. The top half will aid you with seeing far away and the bottom half will help you see up close. This allows you to switch from one viewpoint to the other with minimal effort.

Nowadays bifocal lenses are very common, but they do have their disadvantages. The split of the lens can take a lot of getting used to. You have to train your brain to look through the correct part. This takes time, and initially you will have to consciously tell yourself to look through the bottom when reading and to look through the top when driving. But in time this changes and you soon find yourself doing it without thinking.

The advantages of them, once used to them, are that you only have to deal with one pair of glasses. You will soon forget that they are there, and although they slightly magnify your eyes, this gives the illusion of large Bambi eyes, which are only an attractive feature. So do not be afraid of them if you are prescribed them. They do exactly what they are designed to do; to help you see everything.

If you fancy a change take a look at contact lenses online over at www.getlenses.co.uk.

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June 24, 2011 2 Comments

Coffee Helps Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease

Coffee Prevents Alzheimers Disease

This study certainly colors this coffee fanatic’s world beautifully! A study conducted by University of South Florida researchers has found that consumption of coffee prevents the occurrence of Alzheimer’s disease.

I knew I always loved Florida.

According to this study, caffeine boosts the blood levels of a critical growth of granulocyte colony stimulating factor (GCSF) protein, which is usually decreased in patients suffering with Alzheimer’s disease.

According to the study, the average American drinks 1 to 2 cups of coffee a day, considerably less than the amount researchers believe required to protect against Alzheimer’s disease.

The researchers believe that moderate daily coffee intake starting by middle age (the 30s, 40s, and 50s) is required to reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Apparently, even if you begin drinking coffee at a later age, you can still expect protection from Alzheimer’s Disease.

University of South Florida neuroscientist and lead author of the study Chuanhai Cao said, “Caffeinated coffee provides a natural increase in blood GCSF levels and the exact way that this occurs is not understood. There is a synergistic interaction between caffeine and some mystery component of coffee that provides this beneficial increase in blood GCSF levels.”

A few things occurred to me while reading this report:

  • Yes!
  • The average American drinks 1-2 cups? For me, that’s just getting started.

If you aren’t as huge a fan (addict, fanatic, lover…) of coffee as I am, and few are, try different approaches. Sweeten your coffee with Truvia or Stevia and add a little cream or even whipped topping.  You may also find that you like iced coffee better than hot. Naturally, I love them both.  I’m sure you saw that one coming.  For iced coffee, brew a strong pot of coffee, sweeten it a little, and allow it to cool.  Add ice and enjoy.

Starbucks has outstanding iced coffee that I drink all summer.  Some people order it with milk, but not me.  Straight on the rocks is how I like my iced coffee.

In all seriousness, Alzheimer’s Disease is a cruel, heart-breaking disease.  Entire families suffer along with the victim and currently there is no cure. We should all do anything and everything within our power to keep this disease off of our doorstep.  Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease is a topic you’ll see covered on Out of Bounds frequently because it’s one of our most passionate missions.  I urge you to search out all of the information you can to protect yourself from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.

Make each moment count double,
~ Joi

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June 14, 2011 2 Comments

Know Your Stress Triggers. Avoid Your Stress Triggers!

Stress Triggers, how to avoid them and stres less!

All of us, even the most laid back people in the world, have stress triggers. Simply put, stress triggers are people, events, situations, or circumstances that cause us to feel anxious and stressed.   Like kryptonite to Superman, these stress triggers keep us from functioning at our peak and they rob us the normal peaceful life we crave. And deserve.

Many times if an individual is looking for ways to feel less stress and anxiety, simply identifying their stress triggers can help a lot. After all, half the battle is always knowing who or what you’re battling.

A really common stress trigger is money problems. Most of us feel stress like never before when the cash flow is more of a cash trickle.  Full blown stress hits when the bills waiting to be paid outnumber the bills that are needed to pay them!  For those of us who know, full well, that money is a stress trigger, the wise thing to do is to put forth EXTRA effort to make more and/or spend less.  Someone once told me that, because of the economy, they were getting a second job.  When I pointed out that that would be pretty stressful, to spend so much time working – I couldn’t argue with their answer, “Nothing could be as stressful as worrying about money all the time.”

The fact that coupons and “extreme coupon reality shows” are so popular right now indicates two things:

  1. The economy isn’t completely back on its feet yet.
  2. People are looking for ways to ease the stress of not having as much money as they want.

Basically, there are two kinds of people in the world: Those who complain and those who do something about it.  The latter handles the situation and battles their stress triggers, while the former is at their mercy.

Money is, of course, only one of many potential stress triggers.  Certain situations can trigger stress and, when possible, avoiding them is necessary. Same can be said for certain people.  Sometimes avoidance is the only peaceful resolution.  If avoidance ISN’T an option, think of things YOU can do to make the situation better.

The best time to think about, identify, and make a plan for dealing with stress triggers is while you aren’t feeling particularly stressful or anxious.  Sit and think about times in your life when you’ve felt tense, stressed out, on edge, or anxious.  Ask questions such as, “What was I doing?  Where was I? What made me feel this way?”

The stress triggers will come into focus and you’ll be able to identify them right away. Remind yourself that you’re in control and challenge yourself to come up with ways to get rid of these stress triggers.

No one is at their best when they’re stressed because NO ONE wears stress well. Do all you can to reduce the amount of stress in your life and you’ll increase the peacefulness and enjoyment of your life.

Make each moment as peaceful as possible!
~ Joi

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May 17, 2011 Leave a Comment

Vitamin B12 and Protein: Vital for Mental Health

B12 Vital for Mental Health

Vitamin B12 is one of the most powerful tools in the Prevent Alzheimer’s and dementia arsenal. I know that, you know that, even my cats know that. To me, the real importance of the study is that it deals one more body blow to modern diet recommendations, which tell us that protein and fat are the enemies of good health.

However, mental fitness experts point out that protein is where nature meant us to get our B12 from. And, let’s face it, nature knows what its doing.

The only natural food sources of vitamin B12 are animal products like fish, meat and eggs.

Research proves that protein keeps you healthy and strong.  Recently I was doing a great deal of research on skin health – as it relates to aging as well as components of a healthy skin diet.  Source after source after source pointed out the importance of protein. Basically, my research showed that protein is VITAL for healthy skin and a healthy complexion.  If you’re interested in keeping your skin looking as young as possible (and who isn’t?!), protein is a secret weapon.

Even more importantly,  in addition to being necessary for good heart health, protein prevents serious problems (even more serious than wrinkles!) like depression and Alzheimer’s.  Even a slight deficiency in B12 can lead to anemia, fatigue, and depression.  Even more frightening, a long term deficiency in B12 can potentially cause permanent damage to the brain.

 

Here are some food sources of vitamin B12:

  • Eggs (here’s something that might shock you – you’d have to eat almost half a chicken to get the same amount of B12 you can get in just one egg)
  • Chicken
  • Fish
  • Beef
  • Cheese
  • Crab
  • Lobster
  • Liver

As with other vitamins and nutrients, don’t rely on supplements. Get your vitamins from the food you eat.  You have more riding on it than you can afford to lose.

Make each moment count double!

~ Joi

     

     

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    April 29, 2011 2 Comments

    The Connection Between Seafood Omega-3s and Mental Health

    Alaska Salmon

    About a year ago, the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute sent me a wonderful package of recipes and health information to use for my food blog. Last night I was looking through the recipes for one in particular for salmon. While sorting through delicious-sounding recipes, I came across a pamphlet titled “Seafood Omega-3s and Mental Health.”

    Obviously, mental fitness and brain health are of the utmost interest to me, so I put my recipe search on hold and read the information front to cover.

    Fascinating! If I didn’t already love fish madly, I’d certainly begin a love affair now. Seriously, who wouldn’t want to eat more fish? It’s delicious, low fat, usually low calorie, great for your heart, and now we learn just how great it is for our mental health.

    I sat down to the computer to type in the wonderful article – then it hit me, I’m sure they have a pdf on their website. Lo and behold they didn’t let me down. If mental fitness and the health of your brain are as important to you as they should be, I hope you’ll click the following link and read the article. It’s short but it’s packed with great information, particularly in the areas of depression, postpartum depression, and Bipolar Disorder.

    Even if these subjects aren’t relevant to you personally, you’ll learn just how vital omega-3s are to the brain’s functions. Read Seafood Omega-3s and Mental Health for more information.

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    April 7, 2011 1 Comment

    Learn a New Language Online with Livemocha

    Livemocha: Learn a new language online

    I’ve written a great deal about the benefits of learning a new language. Your brain loves to be challenged in new, fun, exciting ways and learning new languages MORE than fits the bill!  An online resource was recently brought to my attention and I thought it was pretty outstanding, so I knew I’d have to share it with you.

    Livemocha launched in 2007 and currently has over 9 million members. Livemocha is the world’s largest online language learning community, offering free and paid online courses in 38 languages. Members can take introductory courses on the site for free. Or, if members want to advance their skills they can purchase premium courses in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish–for $30 to $40 a month.

    Courses include speaking and writing exercises that are reviewed by native speakers who provide helpful tips for improvement. Livemocha has found that reciprocal interaction with native speakers around the world is more engaging and motivating than a CD-ROM or book, and creates opportunities to put the language into practice. All of Livemocha’s premium courses include help from native speakers, world class learning content from leading educational publishers, and individual feedback from Livemocha Experts.

    Livemocha committed to helping people everywhere in the world achieve fluency in a new language. Their goal is to make learning a language fun and affordable, by fusing traditional learning methods with online practice, and interaction with native language speakers from around the world. Livemocha delivers an unparalleled, learning experience that promises conversational fluency. It also is the perfect
    tool to help individuals keep their minds sharp!

    To learn more about Livemocha visit www.livemocha.com.

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    March 29, 2011 Leave a Comment

    Quote About Reading by Confucius

    Confucius Quote about Reading

    “No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.” - Confucius

    I write a lot of book reviews on Self Help Daily.  I’ve noticed that books seem to be getting better than ever. There really have been some remarkable books published over the past few years.  It’s as though authors and publishers “get” what they’re up against with games, technology, and computers.   Instead of caving in, they’re simply stepping up their game like never before.  It’s as though they welcome (and love) the challenge.

    Whatever their motivation, I’ll just continue to enjoy the pleasure and growth that they’re providing and pray that they keep it up.

    If you don’t already have a passionate relationship with reading, as a mental fitness devotee, I urge you to grab yourself a new book today and begin a lifelong relationship with reading.  It’s one of the greatest habits you can develop and one of the few that you’ll ALWAYS take more out of than you put in.

    A few suggestions:

    1. Choose an author and begin reading every single book he or she has ever written. A few I’ve been reading for ages are Agatha Christie, Dean Koontz, Nicholas Sparks, William Shakespeare, and Lilian Jackson Braun.  I’ve recently fallen hard for Nora Roberts and I notice that I have a lot of catching up to do with her books. Does the lady ever take a day off?
    2. Branch out into genres that are completely new to you. I have to admit, I went through a period of time when I thought there were only two types of books: 1.  Mysteries, and 2. Those I’d never touch. When I was a teenager, I always had a Dr. Pepper in one hand and an Agatha Christie book in the other.  When I branched out for a tremendous love affair with the Anne of Green Gables series of books, I realized that there was literary life beyond Hercule Poirot.  Then,  years later when I discovered Dean Koontz… my oh my!  What a crazy world opened before me.  What would Agatha have thought?
    3. Never underestimate how great non-fiction books are. I love non-fiction books every bit as much as I love fiction books. Actually, I think I prefer non-fiction books. Biographies, auto-biographies, and historical novels fascinate me beyond belief.  Choosing a period of time and reading everything you can get your hands on about it is educational AND entertaining.
    4. Read Online. If you’re one of those people who prefers reading online, feel perfectly free to do so.  There are endless articles, essays, and yes, even stories online.  When I have a crisp new book I feel like a kid with a brand new bike.  Oh, the possibilities!  However, finding a fascinating new website – or a new article on a favorite website (such as National Geographic, Discovery Channel, History.com, etc) is just as exciting.

    One final piece of the puzzle, so to speak: Be certain that you read about many different things.  Don’t be educationally nearsighted! Don’t just read within one or two genres – branch out, extend your scope, and broaden your horizon.    Our brains LOVE to be challenged and they thrive on learning  new things.    And isn’t a thriving brain what we’re all after?!?!

    Make each moment count double,
    ~ Joi

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    March 22, 2011 3 Comments

    Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease with the Internet

    Sudoku Puzzles keep your mind sharp!

    Below is a guest post by freelance writer Kathleen Hessing. The information and advice is the sort of thing we’re committed to here on Out of Bounds – keeping your brain sharp, strengthening your mind, preventing memory loss, and preventing Alzheimer’s Disease. The information is truly priceless.

    Although the disease is incurable once it occurs, there are steps we can take to help prevent the development of Alzheimer’s. Keeping your brain alert has been proved to do just that.

    Even if you have the busiest of schedules, you can work small things into your day to help you stay sharp. One way to do this is to use your non-dominant hand for everyday tasks like eating and opening doors. By doing this, you exercise the opposite side of your brain.

    Mind-engaging puzzles like Sudoku and crosswords can increase brain activity as well. Several websites offer games and puzzles to entertain and challenge you. Here are a few to get you started:

    • WebSudoku.com – This website claims to offer billions of  Sudoku puzzles. That should keep you busy for quite a while!
    • BoatloadPuzzles.com – When they say boatload, they aren’t kidding. You’ll find 40,000 free crossword puzzles on this site.
    • JigZone.com – Like jigsaw puzzles, but don’t have the space to lay them out and solve them? This site allows you to put together jigsaw puzzles made up of 6 to 247 pieces. You can play against a clock for more of a challenge, too.

    Many local newspapers and magazines publish all kinds of puzzles, from Sudoku and crosswords, to word finds, acrostics, and Kakuro, which is similar to Sudoku, but involves math rather than just number placement.

    Reading exercises your brain, too. Do it often. Experts say you should frequently switch up the topics you read so you’ll experience changes in vocabulary, thereby stimulating more areas of your brain.

    Video games can actually benefit your brain in a big way, too. Instead of zoning out to TV shows or movies for hours on end, try playing a game. It can help improve your memory, your development of logic skills, increase your creativity, increase your mental speed, and improve your hand-eye coordination.

    There are plenty of free gaming websites out there. For starters, try these:

    • Bored.com – This site boasts tons of games in categories such as puzzles, strategy, action, and arcade.
    • AddictingGames.com –  You can either play games on your own, or get a friend to play a two-player game with you on the same computer. There are also games to play with friends via Facebook.
    • PlayedOnline.com – Play classics such as Super Mario World and Pac-Man, as well as many new games.
    • Pogo.com – Pogo has some of the most popular online games like Bejeweled, as well as classics such as Scrabble, Yahtzee, Risk, and Monopoly.
    • FreeOnlineGames.com – Not only can you play games on this site, you can get free games to install on your own website.

    If you want to step up the quality of your games and interaction, consider spending some money on a video game console for your home. You can even play games on your cell phone if it has such capabilities.

    Another brain-building activity you can try is learning a foreign language. You don’t have to spend any money on this—everything you need is at your local library. You can check out instructional books, CDs, DVDs, and tapes there. You don’t need to go for total fluency. Just learning some words and phrases is enough to get your brain working.

    While all these activities can help keep your brain sharp, and can potentially help prevent Alzheimer’s, they can’t cure it. Once a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s is made, it’s important to learn about the disease to be able to cope with it to the best of your ability.

    If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, check out the Alzheimer’s Association website for information about the disease and its treatments. Researchers are always looking for ways to improve the lives of those suffering from Alzheimer’s. The site allows you to browse through the various medications that have Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval so you can talk to your doctor about which one is right for you or your loved one.

    Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease can become a heavy burden over time. It requires a lot of patience, but even then, it can be one of the hardest things to do in life. Taking care of a loved one with Alzheimer’s is an admirable endeavor, but it can become more difficult as time and the disease progress. If you ever find yourself unable to continue as a caretaker, consider looking into an elderly care facility that specializes in Alzheimer’s care. It’s a difficult decision to make, but you’ll feel better knowing your loved one is receiving the best care available.

    Kathleen Hessing is a freelance writer who enjoys finding new ways to improve her life, and sharing them with others through her writing.

    

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