◘ 11 Tips for Dealing with Sundowning and Dementia
By Dr. Louis Voigt Smith
◘ Calming Things Down and Putting the Pieces Back Together
◘ Motivate Heirs' Behavior with Trust Clause
◘ Personal Training for Older Adults
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A Senior Magazine for Living a Healthier, Smarter and More Active Life in Wausau
Healthy Living for Your Brain and Body: Tips from the Latest Research
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t any age, there are lifestyle habits we can adopt to help maintain or even potentially improve our health. These habits may also help to keep our brains healthy as we age and possibly delay the onset of cognitive decline. With this in mind, the Alzheimer’s Association offers 10 Ways to Love Your Brain, tips that may reduce the risk of cognitive decline. 1. Break a sweat. Engage in regular cardiovascular exercise that elevates your heart rate and increases blood flow to the brain and body. Several studies have found an association between physical activity and reduced risk of cognitive decline. 2. Hit the books. Formal education in any stage of life will help reduce your risk of cognitive decline and dementia. For example, take a class at a local college, community center or online.
6. Fuel up right. Eat a
3. Butt out. Evidence shows
that smoking increases risk of cognitive decline. Quitting smoking can reduce that risk to levels comparable to those who have not smoked.
4. Follow your heart.
Evidence shows that risk factors for cardiovascular disease and stroke – obesity, high blood
pressure and diabetes – negatively impact your cognitive health. Take care of your heart, and your brain just might follow. 5. Heads up! Brain injury can raise your risk of cognitive decline and dementia. Wear a seat belt, use a helmet when playing contact sports or riding a bike, and take steps to prevent falls.
healthy and balanced diet that is lower in fat and higher in vegetables and fruit to help reduce the risk of cognitive decline. Although research on diet and cognitive function is limited, certain diets, including Mediterranean and MediterraneanDASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension), may contribute to risk reduction. 7. Catch some Zzz’s. Not getting enough sleep due to conditions like insomnia or sleep apnea may result in problems with memory and thinking.
8. Take care of your mental health. Some studies
link a history of depression with increased risk of cognitive decline, so seek medical treatment if you have symptoms of depression, anxiety or other mental health concerns. Also, try Continued on Page 2
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to manage stress.
9. Buddy up. Staying
socially engaged may support brain health. Pursue social activities that are meaningful to you. Find ways to be part of your local community – if you love animals, consider volunteering at a local shelter. If you enjoy singing, join a local choir or help at an afterschool program. Or, just share activities with friends and family.
10. Stump yourself.
Challenge and activate your mind. Build a piece of furniture. Complete a jigsaw puzzle. Do something artistic. Play games, such as bridge, that make you think strategically. Challenging your mind may have short and long-
term benefits for your brain. In addition to reducing your risk of cognitive decline, these tips may also reduce your risk of dementia. Evidence for reducing risk of dementia is currently strongest in relation to formal education and the avoidance of head injury; other tips show indication of possibly reducing risk. Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, is one of the nation’s largest public health crises. Alzheimer’s is an irreversible neurological disease that impairs cognition, orientation and functional capacity, and it is the only cause of death among the top 10 life-threatening conditions in the United States that cannot be prevented, cured or even slowed.
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Tips and ideas for a healthy and balanced life
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to present the 2nd Annual Slow Food Dinner! Megan will give the after dinner presentation ‘10 Mistakes I Made In My Vegetable Garden So You Don’t Have To!’ Saturday: Listen to national and regional speakers, view educational exhibits, enjoy Garden Vision’s photography contest submissions, take a chance on our raffle, meet and greet our speakers, authors, vendors and shop. The conference is open to the public and you do not have to be a Master Gardener to attend; we welcome anyone with an interest and curiosity in gardening! Keynote speaker is Kerry Ann Mendez, of Kennebunk, Maine, with the topic: Design Tips for Knockout, Easy-Care Gardens with Great Curb Appeal. Kerry has been featured on HGTV and in numerous magazines including Horticulture, Fine Gardening, Garden Gate and Better Homes & Gardens; was awarded the 2014 Gold Medal from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, has published three popular gardening books, her most recent The Right-Size Garden, featuring exceptional plants and design tips for timepressed and aging gardeners, was released in February 2015. For further descriptions of sessions and speaker bio’s and to register for the conference see: www.gardenvisions.org
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What’s Happening Calendar SPARK! Bring a friend or loved one with memory loss for a social outing in soothing surroundings. Second Thursday of each month, 10:30 a.m. – Noon. Call (715) 845-7010 to register. Leigh Yawkee Woodson Art Museum, (715) 845-7010 Free Monthly Grief Programs Available Through Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services • Good Grief – Living with Loss: Monthly grief support group for adults who have experienced the death of a loved one. Second Monday of each month; 4:00-5:00 p.m. First Universalist Unitarian Church, 504 Grant St., Wausau; The Grief Center, (715) 847-2703. • Suicide Grief Support Group: A place to go when your life has been changed by the suicide of a loved one. Second Tuesday of each month; 6:308:30 p.m. St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 600 Stevens Drive, Wausau. Contact Sara or Heather at (715) 539-9818. • The Compassionate Friends: A self-help support group for parents, grandparents, and adult siblings. Third Wednesday of the month 7:00-9:00 p.m. at Aspirus Wausau Hospital. Contact Sue at 715-8455968. Downtown Memory Café is a new gathering place for people with early stages of dementia and their care partners. Hosted by First United Methodist Church, 3rd Thursday every month, 10:30 a.m. – Noon, 903 Third Street, Wausau. For more information or to register, call the church at (715) 842-2201, Charles Schoenfeld at (715) 842-9809 or email:
memorycafe@fumcwausau.org. Free! Knitting at the Library Knitters of all ages and skill levels are invited to Knit Night on the 1st Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Marathon County Public Library Wausau Headquarters, 300 N. First St., Wausau. The library will provide pattern books and some knitting supplies, but participants are encouraged to bring their own supplies. Medicare Basics Call for January dates Register early. Space is limited. Call the Aging & Disability Resource Center at (715) 261-6070. Cost: Free!!
at the Marathon County Public Library; 2nd floor meeting room. Families who have a member who has a mental illness. Facilitated by trained NAMI members. Thoughtful Thursdays Two Thursdays each month at Aspirus Wausau Hospital, Wausau Manor or Mount View Care Center. We help you complete a Power of Attorney for Health Care, a legal document that expresses your wishes for medical care in a crisis. For information and to register call the Aspirus Information Center at 715.847.2380 or 800.847.4707 from 8:00am 5:30pm, M-F. Great Wausau Area Stroke Club 3rd Monday of even numbered months (Feb, April, June, August, October, Dec. ) 3200 Westhill Dr. (2nd floor classroom) 1:00-2:30 p.m., Free and no registration required. Call Kim at (715) 847-2833 or Kathy at (715) 847-2827.
AARP Chapter 272, Wausau Area 3rd Mondays of the month at the Aging and Disability Resource Center, 1000 Lakeview Drive, Wausau, WI. Time of Meeting is 1:30 p.m. for about an hour. Because of the weather, no meetings in Jan. and Feb. United Way RSVP Offers Free Technology 2016. For more information call Steve 715-355-4918 Classes United Way RSVP of Marathon County has a Grief Group at Helke Funeral Home new technology tutoring program classes include 302 Spruce St., Wausau, on the 2nd and 4th sessions on using Windows 8, iPads, tablets, smart Tuesdays of each month from 1:00-2:00 p.m. phones, basic Internet/email, Internet security and identify theft and other classes of interest. Caregiver Support Group All classes are held from 9:30 – 11:00 am at the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 9:00 a.m. Aspirus United Way office at 705 S. 24th Ave., Suite 400B Memory Clinic lower level, conference room 2720 in Wausau. Class size is limited and registration is Plaza Drive, Wausau. Contact Jennifer Pagel at (715) required by calling 715-298-5721. 847-2004. Family Support Group 4th Monday of the month from 7:00-8:00 p.m.
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of “incentives” include completing a certain degree or entering a certain line of work that may not be in line with an adult’s actual talents or aspirations. Nonetheless, where a clear pattern of negative actions exists, the right incentives can encourage an heir to make better life choices. It’s important to be realistic. The promise of inherited money may not be enough to overcome a pattern of severe substance abuse, so the threat of giving the inheritance to charity if specified incentives aren’t met might be needed. It may be a good idea to attach age restrictions. If you have a kid who is irresponsible with money, a trust might be structured so that she/he will not have access to the estate’s principal until a certain age. Some trusts
set up staggered distributions, at specified ages, to keep them from burning through their inheritance right away. Another way to encourage a responsible lifestyle is to distribute trust funds on a matching basis. That might be dollar for dollar, based on what the beneficiary earns on his or her own. This is known as a “work ethic” clause. Another sort of incentive clause could specify that the trustee wouldn’t distribute any money until the heir showed an ability to handle the funds. For someone with an abuse problem, this could be enforced by requiring the beneficiary submit to random drug testing. Failure to comply could result in the assets being distributed to alternate beneficiaries, like charities. Instead of just disinheriting a child or grandchild, an incentive trust can work as an escape clause. It might just help to get someone who’s struggling to turn his or her life around. Contact a qualified estate planning attorney to help you create the appropriate incentives for your unique circumstances. In Wausau, Alan Hougum is a respected Elder Law and Estate planning attorney. He can be reached at (715) 843-5001. Reference: The Ledger (September 17, 2015) “Estate planning details you may be forgetting”
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that many people tell me they like to put off for another year. Let me ask “when is a good time to talk about your final wishes?” If we are not ready in 2016, then when? When we t’s a New Year and a time of reflection, are sick? When we are older? For some renewal, and goal setting. We all want to people if they answered truthfully the response be successful, happy and strong in 2016. Here would be “never.” Who will you want to leave are five thoughts to help us obtain success: this responsibility to? What if instead we decided in 2016 to change and shift our focus 1. Let’s plan on having and showing more to completing our preplanning? (Don’t worry, gratitude. Let’s affirm the good in the world a plan can have changes made to it and be and appreciate what we have. For starters, our transferred to wherever we need to use it.) lives, our families, and our friends. Feeling caring for others, and finding new What if we knew that preplanning would be sorry for ourselves can waste time, energy, and opportunities. None of us are in control of a gift to our family, relieve our anxiety, and hurt our relationships. Learn from the past, everything and thinking we are in control give us peace of mind? What if we knew that but put our focus on the future. (when we have no control) or should be in half of the people over age 70 have already 2. Let’s make goals for ourselves and control leads to greater anxiety and more completed their preplanning? What if we work on them. We are in control of our stressful living. made the call to Mary at 715-842-3993 and sat actions, our success, and our self-worth. Don’t 5. Let’s take more calculated risks in 2016. down (free of charge) and learned about the let others define us. calculated risks including costs, benefits and Whether it is financial, physical, emotional, 3. Let’s embrace some change. All of life the alternatives of good planning? How much social or other, we are in need of knowledge. involves change. Shying away from change value can we place on this accomplishment in Let’s try to be prepared for what’s ahead. only stunts our growth. When change is 2016? Many people have already preplanned Let’s gather information. Let’s ask questions avoided (life is full of change), life becomes and tell me they are so relieved to have this about a proposed risk including what are the even more difficult to live. Let’s accept planning done, and that their children are also costs, the benefits, and the alternatives? Can responsibility for our mistakes and make plans I reduce the risk or what is the worst that can happy those decisions have been made. Let’s to avoid making the same mistakes again in make it our goal in 2016 to preplan our final happen? Will my decision matter in 5 years? 2016. Let’s continue to see the potential in the How can I help myself and my loved ones? wishes. Call Mary today at Helke Funeral New Year. Home to set an appointment to receive your Who can help me? Final Wishes Organizer (715-842-3993). I help people in preplanning their final 4. Let’s shift our focus on increasing our Happy New Year! wishes. It’s a difficult, yet important topic happiness, improving our relationships,
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Calming Things Down and Putting the Pieces Back Together By Dr. L. Voigt Smith, PT, DPT, OCS, CredMDT
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n college chemistry, I recall my professor describing the law of entropy. This natural law reveals how things generally go from a state of organization to disorganization. Some metaphoric examples describing the entropy concept would include the fall of the Roman Empire, a computer crashing, the aging process, personal injury and the development of chronic pain. In my professor’s description, “If you want proof, just quit eating.” Obviously it’s undeniable we need to continuously consume food to stay alive and function. Ironically, we also can eventually kill ourselves with food by eating poorly. In addition, we are designed to be active and require quality movement for health and vitality; lack of movement or compensatory functional movement patterns can lead to pain, weakness, instability and fear. In contrast to how health relates to this law, the art of effective and healthy living is largely about actively and purposefully adapting to our reality. This requires personal leadership. Too often individuals and leaders choose denial and avoidance as strategies, often resulting in great destruction and downstream expense. In that light, “Reality is the safest place to be.” To further elaborate this point, one of the most common signs of a heart attack is denial; the more avoidance, the more likely it will result in destruction and death. Consider injury and pain are inevitably a part of everyone’s life journey. How we respond can make all the difference! Similar to a computer crash; the nervous system is involved to some extent with every injury. Initially, the nervous system coordinates the inflammatory response involving tissue repair at the injured site while generally mopping up the mess. A common treatment approach to address acute inflammation is the acronym “RICE” (“Rest, Icing, Compression, and Elevation”). However, by itself, it often doesn’t adequately restore nervous system health, movement and stability. A metaphoric example might be putting a tarp over a leaky roof before winter comes. Eventually snow, ice, mold, and cold air will further damage the house. While the “tarp” approach certainly can help some, it is only a temporary fix. Longterm, it will fall short of keeping the problem from getting more destructive and expensive without properly replacing the roof with durable roofing materials. Our bodies can similarly be considered a Senior Review | 8
house we live in which often needs to be fixed and maintained. Similar to a leaky roof, early intervention physical therapy can often save time, money and improve one’s quality of life! Treating pain solely with anti-inflammatory medications and other passive interventions ultimately can be much like using the “tarp” approach. In responding to both aging and injury, we need to proactively work to avoid the default maladaptive and often chaotic outcomes; these would include weakness, pain, inefficient movement, instability, fear of movement, and recurrent injury. For many seeking better health, physical therapy involving neuromuscular re-education is required. The nervous system is very similar to a super computer. I’ve come to realize the importance of upgrading and protecting my PC. I also choose to rely on people who are more knowledgeable than I am with computers to help and direct me; this ultimately saves me
time, money and frustration. Finally, considering the human machine, a doctor of physical therapy is a highly trained health care provider with expertise in evaluating and treating nerve, muscle, and skeletal issues. These professionals help individuals to move and function better and safer, often eliminating the need for pain medication or surgery. Besides helping to calm down the nervous system, they work with individuals to optimally restore strength, stability and independence with skilled PT interventions, appropriate clinical tools and education. For many with unmet needs, quality physical therapy can be the missing puzzle piece allowing individuals to see the big picture and achieve their functional goals. Dr. Smith is the owner of Backsmith Advanced Physical Therapy LLC in Weston & can be reached by calling 715-298-5888 or by visiting backsmithadvancedphysicaltherapy.com.
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“It’s Not Work, It’s Fun” By Master Gardener Bernie De Lonay, with beauty aid tips from Bobbie Bud’s for Life, Barbara FraserHererra
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n my collection of plants I have a few orchids. I say a few because to me, a few is only about 20 of them. Orchids are extremely easy to grow. They need a lot of heat, can take a lot of sun, but also can do with less sun than you think. What they don’t need is a lot of water. They really only need to be watered a little about every three weeks. They get a lot of their moisture and nutrients right from the air. The large green leaves that they have take a lot of air. They are mostly tree dwellers. This means that they normally grow at the tops of the trees in their native South Central America and parts of Africa. There are some orchids that are also native to Hawaii and Tahiti. They also do not need a whole lot of fertilizer as they can hold quite a bit for a long time. With all of this said, I still maintain it is easier to grow your own orchids than to buy what is known as florists orchids. The only thing they do not like is a temperature swing between night and day. If the temperatures go from, for example, 78 degrees during the day to 50 degrees at night, they won’t survive because it is too much of a differential. There are what are known as florists orchids, azaleas, mini roses, gerbera daisies and many more. All of these florists plants were never grown outside, only in a green house. What this means is that when the temperature fluctuates too much between night and day the plant will not survive. When you purchase the plant and you bring it home to a dry, warm house, or even a dry, cool house the plant will have a very hard time surviving in it’s new environment. When I purchase something new I place it in the green house. The first thing I always do is give it bottom heat and extra water-soluble fertilizer. I wait till I see new growth and then I take away the bottom heat and reduce the amount of fertilizer. When I see new growth, that gives me the indication that the plant is happy in it’s new surrounding. When I remove the extra heat and food the plant goes through a process known as re-vitalizing newly invigorated original cell growth. When a plant is a florists green house plant what this entails are no temperature fluctuations between night and day, the exact same amount of food and a strenuous preplanned amount of water every day. Normally this rigorous routine does not vary, ever! Senior Review | 10
When you get your purchase home my guess is that your routine will vary. In other words you probably won’t water at the same time every day, nor the same amount of water, or even the same type of plant food on time. After all, we are all human and nothing stays the same. Just look at the Romans for a good example of UN-planned change. This process usually takes 10 days to 2 weeks. Sometimes this process is a short period and sometimes it is a longer one. The next point I want to make is the fact that orchids really do not need very much water. The amount they need, can vary from one plant to another. If your orchid is in a cooler room, they would take in water much more slowly. If it is a warmer room it might need a little more water. It has been said that the amount of water that orchids need is approximately 3 oz. of water per week. That isn’t very much is it? When the big green leaves start to fall off and turn yellow at the bottom of the stems of the plant, this means that it can be a combination of too much water and not enough heat. It can also mean one or the other, heat or water. In other plants yellowing leaves could also mean that the plant is not getting enough iron. But since orchid plants take most of their nutrients in through the leaves, they don’t have a big problem with not receiving enough iron. Just a few more things to make growing orchids easier. Orchids do not like hot air blowing on them. The air must be circulated. Orchids are monocotic—meaning each flower only produces one seed. Each monocotic seed produces only one plant. Orchids love humid air. If you can’t provide enough humidity, then just keep filling up saucers of water with nothing in them except rocks. The rocks will heat up and slowly give off humidity. And th-th-that’s it folks!
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Have you ever heard of tinnitus? This is the part where you say wha-a-a-t? Tinnitus is the term used when someone has ringing in their ears. To help people with this problem the human body needs lipoflavinoids. The only food that I know of that contains, in small amounts only, are citrus fruits like lemons and limes. Grapefruits contain even less lipoflavinoids. The lipoflavinoids in the lemons, more than limes, are located in the outer rind of the fruit. So to get these lipoflavinoids you will have to consume the entire rind of the fruit. Eating a lemon or a lime is not exactly my idea of a good time. If you cut up the fruit without the seeds, of course, and add it into a salad, soup, Mexican cuisine or some other culinary delight of your choosing it’s not so bad.
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vening hours can be especially challenging for those with Sundowner’s Syndrome. There are many hypotheses as to why this particular time of day is difficult — from being tired or bored — to natural circadian rhythms responding to the loss of sunlight. Even your loved one’s thoughts of dwelling on days gone by and how life has changed is enhanced as the day closes. No one truly knows why those with Alzheimer’s get particularly irritable at this time, let alone why people, in general, experience mood swings. But dealing with Sundowning can be frustrating. Learn more from these tips about how to deal with Sundowner’s and dementia.
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