Brain Fitness Training for Boomers & Seniors

• Of the entire U.S. population, 27% will turn 60-65 over the next 20 years. 4.3 million people turned 50 in 2007. For the next 15 years one boomer will turn 60 every 7.5 seconds.
  
• Educated and affluent boomers are re-inventing their lives, re-wiring instead of retiring.
• Merrill Lynch’s New Retirement Survey claim that 81% of boomers plan to work well past the age of 65. The recent drop in the economy is making that a more necessary choice than ever before.

Have you noticed lately that more of the time you seem to:

• Be slow to understand complex information?
• Have memory problems?
• Be more easily distracted?

These declines can create stress, moodiness, a lack of confidence; they can affect people’s desire to be around you

Why Brain Training? The Scary Facts:

Did you know that someone develops Alzheimer's disease every 70
seconds? Look around you right now pick out the people who appear to be over 65? 25% of them lready suffer from mild cognitive impairment. 500,000 people under age 65 already have Alzheimer's disease.

Since1993, the number of people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease has sky-rocketed from around 2.8 million people to 5.1 million today.

If you’re not convinced of the need to keep your brain in top shape, read on:

1. A new case of dementia occurs every 7 seconds.
2. 14 million (18%) out of the 79 million baby boomers can expect to lose their mind and memory in their lifetime.
3. The likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s doubles every five years after age 65.
4. If prevention strategies are not followed, the nation will be faced with a half-million new cases of Alzheimer’s in 2010 (1 1/2 years from right now!) and nearly a million a year by 2050.
5. Financially, the burden is huge. In the US, health care for Alzheimer’s patients will reach $160 billion by 2010 and $189 billion dollars by 2015. (Worldwide it’s $248 billion right now).
6. Alzheimer’s has just surpassed diabetes to become America’s sixth leading cause of death.

The most shocking statistic of all is that people are getting diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease at a much earlier age. In 2008 over 500,000 people younger than 65 were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s — some of them in their 20’s and 30’s.

Cogmed Working Memory Training

Did you know that poor working memory is often the source of the difficulties
children have with concentrating, impulsivity, problem solving, reading comprehension, follow through and other symptoms associated with ADD/ADHD? For boomers and Seniors working memory is the first brain function to decline with aging. Click here to learn more about this effective, research-based, intensive 5 week, do-it-at-home software program for sharpening one’s working memory. I liked it so much that I became a qualified Cogmed coach!   
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NeuroActive Program

If you’re a young adult or boomer, do you…

If you answered “yes” to at least a few of these questions, consider adding a bit of brain training to your regular schedule and get your brain back on track. The most affordable and enjoyable brain training software I’ve found  is the NeuroActive Program (NAP). It sharpens 16 brain functions with challenging and practical exercises. Start your day with a 15 -20 minute brain workout notice the difference. NAP can also be adapted to your exercise bike for a combined mind/body workout.    
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