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BrainMasters Memory Game

Enjoy a brief clip from a BrainMasters class at the Parc Alpharetta. Watch as we engage our participants in a Brain Booster designed to address immediate and short term memory skills. What could be better than strengthening your memory skills while having fun?

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BrainMasters at the Parc Alpharetta

Aug 18

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Enjoy a brief clip from a BrainMasters class at the Parc Alpharetta. These participants definitely had fun while exercising their brains! This Brain Booster addresses thought organization, problem solving, and thought flexibility skills.

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BrainMasters ABC Memory Game

Jul 29

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Enjoy a brief clip from a BrainMasters class at the Parc Alpharetta. We love to exercise the brain while having fun! These participants definitely had fun while giving their brains a workout!

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Senior Growth Tsunami-Will You Be Ready?

Jul 14

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Have you heard about the upcoming tsunami of senior growth projected in the next decade? This is what researchers from the Urban Institute are calling the mass influx of retiring baby boomers. The Urban Institute has identified the 20 U.S. cities where most of the baby boomers are expected to retire and where senior housing and care will grow as well.

The Urban Institute has predicted that the senior population of Georgia will increase by 40% between 2010 and 2020 just from the aging in place of the baby boomers alone. Georgia is expecting an additional 4% growth from migration of people 65 and older. That’s a significant number!

Are you able to name the 20 metro areas that will experience the most growth as a result from retiring baby boomers? In case you’re not able, here is the list.

1. Raleigh-Cary, NC (31.6%)

2. Austin-Round Rock, TX (30.1%)

3. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA (29.8%)

4. Boise City-Nampa, ID (28.7%)

5. Las Vegas-Paradise, NV (27.8%)

6. Orlando-Kissimmee, FL (27.2%)

7. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX (23.7%)

8. Dallas-Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX (22.7%)

9. Colorado Springs, CO (22.6%)

10. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX (21.5%)

11. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ (21.0%)

12. Charleston-North Charleston, SC (20.8%)

13. Albuquerque, NM (19.5%)

14. Tuscon, AZ (19.2%)

15. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC/VA (19.1%)

16. Salt Lake City, UT (19.0%)

17. Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC (18.2%)

18. Denver-Aurora, CO (18.1%)

19. Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN (18.1%)

20. Ogden-Clearfield, UT (18.0%)

What will you do to prepare? How do you fit into the senior growth tsunami? Many of these up and coming seniors will need services to help them successfully age and retain their independence.

At BrainMasters, we are preparing to do our part! We are committed to educating the public by increasing awareness of brain health, brain fitness, and brain maintenance as part of a healthy lifestyle to achieve longevity and maintain independence.

Contact us to schedule your brain education series and start building your cognitive reserve. Check our updated calendar for upcoming events and classes during the month of July. We want to help you improve your brain health!

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Brain Boosters-June Anagrams

Jun 3

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Well, it’s hard to believe it’s already June! Summer is here, and now we’re all planning and taking our family vacations. Remember to schedule time for your health, both physical and mental exercise. Speaking of exercise, it’s time to exercise your brain, form new brain pathways, build your cognitive reserve, challenge yourself, engage in new learning! Become a lifelong learner, and take advantage of your brain or neuroplasticity skills through new learning. We are never too old for new learning or too young to begin building our cognitive reserves! Let’s try some anagrams today. Create as many new words as you can from the following words.

Go grab a healthy snack-blueberries, apples, walnuts, almonds, veggie sticks, dark chocolate, paired with a healthy beverage-green tea, water, red wine. I just had some walnuts and peach green tea. Ready? Here are your June inspired words.

TRAVELS

GRADUATION

LEMONADE

SUNBURN

SUNTAN

WEDDINGS

BRIDAL

FATHERS

Remember to exercise your body as well! Physical exercise helps pump blood throughout your body-including your brain. Studies have shown that by walking just 35 minutes a day at least 3 days/week it’s possible to increase the size of your hippocampus, which may correlate to improved memory skills! So, get up, leash that dog and take a walk! Be sure to drink plenty of water, too! Your brain and body need water for optimal function. Here’s to your health!

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Brain Boosters-More May Anagrams

May 24

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Well, it’s that time again! Time to exercise your brain, form new brain pathways, build your cognitive reserve, challenge yourself, engage in new learning! Become a lifelong learner, and take advantage of your brain and neuroplasticity skills through new learning. We are never too old for new learning or too young to begin building our cognitive reserves! Let’s try some anagrams today. Create as many new words as you can from the following words.

First, go grab a healthy snack-blueberries, strawberries, apples, walnuts, almonds, peanuts, veggie sticks, dark chocolate, paired with a healthy beverage-green tea, water, red wine. I just had some walnuts and iced green tea. Ready? Here are your words.

PRESSURE

CAMERAS

COMMERCIAL

RESIDENTIAL

SERVICES

IMPORTANT

ARTISAN

DRIVEWAY

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Brain Boosters-May Anagrams

May 14

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Well, it’s that time again! Time to exercise your brain, form new brain pathways, build your cognitive reserve, challenge yourself, engage in new learning! Become a lifelong learner, and take advantage of your brain or neuroplasticity skills through new learning. We are never too old for new learning or too young to begin building our cognitive reserves! Let’s try some anagrams today. Create as many new words as you can from the following words.

MEMBERSHIP

FUNCTIONAL

PERMANENT

FERMENTED

NOURISH

PROGRAM

DISCOUNT

GREENHOUSE

CAMPING

CHIMES

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Brain Plasticity

Apr 21

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Here is a link to our article on brain/neuroplasticity in the East Cobber. Enjoy!

Feed Your Mind!

http://www.eastcobber.com/brain-or-neuroplascity-what-is-it/

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Brain Boosters-April Anagrams

Apr 17

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Well, it’s that time again! Time to exercise your brain, form new brain pathways, build your cognitive reserve, challenge yourself, engage in new learning! Become a lifelong learner, and take advantage of your brain or neuroplasticity skills through new learning. We are never too old for new learning or too young to begin building our cognitive reserves! Let’s try some anagrams today with an April theme. Create as many new words as you can from the following words.

Go grab a healthy snack-fruit, nuts, veggie sticks, dark chocolate, paired with a healthy beverage-green tea, water, red wine. I just had some walnuts and iced green tea. Ready? Here are your words.

STORMING

HAILING

BUTTERFLIES

FERTILE

NESTING

BLOOMED

BEAUTY

MAGNOLIA

FERTILIZER

GARDENING

Remember to exercise your body as well! Physical exercise helps pump blood throughout your body-including your brain. Studies have shown that by walking just 35 minutes a day at least 3 days/week it’s possible to increase the size of your hippocampus, which relates to your memory skills! So, get up, leash that dog and take a walk!