Everyone dreads loosing their wit, and as we grow older that fear becomes more immediate. Fortunately we have many examples of active men and women who retained their mental agility throughout a long life. For example George Burns was still enjoying his work in show business when he was 100 years old.

A recent study presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Chicago, Illinois in October suggested that stimulating the mind with internet research helps to improve mental conditioning. MSNBC published an article about the findings which you can read at the following link. Internet alters older brains in just one week

This article claimed that subjects displayed increased cognitive function after only a week of conducting simple searches on the internet. This result seems to support other recent findings concerning the human brain. Scientific America published an article in March of this year about a study that discussed how mental exercise helps us to retain new brain cells. Thats right, studies in the early 90's demonstrated that adult mammalian brains are still actively churning out new brain cells. The rate at which these cells are produced depends on the amount of exercise a person gets. These new cells are not always incorporated into the active brain however. For this to happen a person needs to challenge themselves intellectually. So to stay fit mentally, it is important to be both physically and mentally active.

News like this is no surprise to us at Summer Breeze Haven, and we are pleased to be able to invite our residents to join a group exercise activity every morning. We also provide a game table with several games the residents can challenge each other with. And we provide a complementary broadband wireless internet connection with a common computer for them to use if they do not have a personal computer.