By Dr. Sean Kenniff
Source: CBS News
Tom McQuade's memory isn't what it used to be. "Forgetting simple things. Going out to work to look for my belt, and it's around my waist."
Tom's wife, Ann, married together for 39 years, has even more trouble. "She starts asking me where we are. It's as much the confusion as much as the memory."
That's the reason they've come to Leeza's Place in Pembroke Pines. They want to sharpen their minds with new activities.
Dr. Damon Salzman from The Memory Center at Memorial Hospital Pembroke says, "Brain cells actually continue to grow, even in adults," meaning older brains improve with new challenges.
That "use it or lose it" philosophy is the premise behind "Neurobic," a book of 83 brain boosting exercises.
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