JAYSETTE JUNE N.

SACUPASO
BSN III SULLIVAN

Mostly a condensed version of his talk years ago already on UCTV channel, but still lots of useful
information to know about healthy ageing! Stress management, Physical and Mental exercise, and
Healthy Eating. I personally would add one more behavior: Adequate Sleep. Everybody thinks the
moment they forget something; they’re getting Alzheimer’s. What’s that about?

There is a great deal of worry and concern about it. But the truth is that our brains continue to
age throughout life; in fact, science informs us that the average person begins to experience cognitive
and memory impairment around the age of 45. There is a continuing steady, slow deterioration. To help
others understand the truth about their brain aging and memory decline rather than constantly living in
fear that they have Alzheimer's dementia was one of the driving forces for Gigi and my decision to
publish this book.

The best way to describe dementia is as a cognitive impairment so severe that you can’t
function independently any longer and need assistance from others. Dementia can develop in people for
a variety of reasons. It can result from minor strokes, reversible dementia brought on by medication, or
a thyroid condition. The most frequent form of dementia is Alzheimer's disease, which is characterized
by the accumulation of tau tangles and amyloid plaques, which are both tiny, sticky protein deposits in
the brain. They build up in the brain's memory and other cognitive regions. And they build up very
gradually but, at some point, it reaches a threshold so that it’s impairing cognition and people need help
and that’s when they have Alzheimer’s dementia.

We all went through it. When we pour the milk into the dog's bowl and the kibble into our
cereal bowl in middle age. when we misplace the name of a neighbor. When we're persuaded, do we go
crazy? When do we suspect we are developing Alzheimer's disease? Dr. Gary Small, 60, has spent more
than 20 years researching Alzheimer's disease. He is the head of the UCLA Longevity Center at the Semel
Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the Parlow-Solomon Professor on Aging at the
David Geffen School of Medicine. He has co-authored a half-dozen best-selling books on memory and
the brain with his wife, Gigi Vorgan.