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Preventing Senior Moments

How to Stay Alert into Your 90s and Beyond

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Offers practical and achievable prevention strategies for senior moments.

Some senior moments are what they seem—brain glitches no more concerning than realizing the problem arose because of something easily fixable such as wearing hearing aids. But others are the result of complex information processing errors. Unfortunately, until Preventing Senior Moments, no book or article offered research-based strategies for preventing senior moments that range from forgetting appointments to becoming disorientated.

People tormented with an ailment—physical or emotional—do not want general suggestions for alleviating it. They seek something that describes the problem in detail, determines its seriousness, and offers advice that is specific, relevant, immediate, and long-lasting. Preventing Senior Moments offers all four. Using real life, relatable stories, Stan Goldberg reveals the processes behind senior moments, how to recognize the signs, and strategies for preventing them.

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      September 15, 2023
      Clinician and counselor Goldberg blends research on the brain and communication together with personal and client experience to analyze the phenomena of "senior moments" (i.e., the forgetfulness that prompts questions like Why did I just walk into this room? What is that person's name? Why do I remember that experience so differently from the person with whom I shared it?) Senior moments may be amusing to bystanders, but they can be frightening for those who are experiencing them. After explaining that these moments may be caused by inattention, sensory overload, or rushing a process, Goldberg proposes a series of strategies intended to help aging readers prevent them altogether. To aid brain health, he suggests trying creative activities such as learning to play an instrument, experimenting with creative writing, or sampling the arts. He also touts sleep, exercise, hydration, and meditation. Most reassuring is Goldberg's advice that readers accept themselves as they are and get plans in place to head off future struggles. Older readers will feel both understood and inspired by Goldberg's practical suggestions.

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