如何幫助老年人保持智慧?

如何幫助老年人保持智慧?

Over time, the organs in the body age, leading to many changes and diseases. Besides visible changes such as gray hair, wrinkled skin, hunchbacked back ..., relatives need to be more vigilant with many diseases that progress silently. In the same group of diseases that are difficult to detect early, memory impairment is one of the diseases with the risk of causing unpredictable consequences.

隨著時間的推移，身體中的器官老化，會導致許多變化和疾病。除了可見的變化，如白發(fā)、皺紋、駝背……在美國，親屬們需要對許多悄無聲息的疾病更加警惕。在早期難以發(fā)現(xiàn)的同一組疾病中，記憶障礙是有可能導致不可預測后果的疾病之一。

When the memory loss worsens, the inconveniences are not only limited to forgetfulness but the elderly can completely lose consciousness and all daily activities depend on their loved ones. To prevent undue consequences and especially improve brain health, you can do 6 simple ways with your parents.

當記憶力衰退加劇時，造成的不便不僅限于健忘，老年人還會完全失去意識，日常生活完全依賴于親人。為了避免不必要的后果，尤其是改善大腦健康，你可以和父母一起嘗試6個簡單的方法。

How to enhance memory for the elderly?

如何提高老年人的記憶力?

Maintain periodic health checks

定期體檢

People with symptoms of memory loss often remember when they forget about things they will try to do but cannot remember such as suddenly forgetting words to say, forgetting objects, addresses ... , the above-mentioned symptoms can also be a warning sign of other brain-related diseases such as dementia, Alzheimer's ...

有失憶癥狀的人往往會忘記他們將要做的事情，但卻不記得，比如突然忘記要說的話，忘記物品，忘記地址……，上述癥狀也可能是其他大腦相關(guān)疾病的警告信號，如癡呆、阿爾茨海默氏癥等。

Therefore, regular check-ups every 6 months and performing memory-related tests should be considered the solution, and must be maintained to keep the high intelligence.

因此，應該考慮每6個月定期檢查和執(zhí)行記憶相關(guān)的測試，有利于保持高智能。

Regularly connect, chat with friends and relatives

定期與朋友和親戚聯(lián)系、聊天

Research from Brigham and Women Hospital in Boston shows that the elderly who regularly maintain social interaction, communicate with many around them have better cognitive abilities and memory. Therefore, instead of fearing that parents "old age, weak" need to limit their travel, you should encourage and create conditions for them to regularly meet "old friends" and attend meetings.

波士頓布里格姆婦女醫(yī)院的研究表明，經(jīng)常保持社會互動、與周圍人交流的老年人有更好的認知能力和記憶力。因此，不要擔心父母“老、弱”而限制他們的出行，應該鼓勵和創(chuàng)造條件，讓他們經(jīng)常見“老朋友”，參加活動。

"Exercise" for the brain

“鍛煉”大腦

Chess, find the differences between the two pictures, solve puzzles ... are simple "brain training" games where everyone can sit and play with their parents, grandparents. Occasionally, you can also ask your parents for the phone number of a family member, ask for information of a relative who has not met for a long time ... All of which help your mind to function regularly, maintain brain function.

下棋，找出兩幅圖的不同，解決謎題…是簡單的“大腦訓練”游戲，每個人都可以坐下來和父母、祖父母一起玩。有時候，你也可以問你的父母要一個家庭成員的電話號碼，問一個有很長時間沒有見面的親戚的信息…所有這些都有助于讓他們思維正常運作，保持大腦功能。

Keep a positive mindset, laugh more

保持積極的心態(tài)，多笑

According to Sciencedaily, researchers found that laughing a lot will help older people's brains healthier. When smiling, the body releases the neurotransmitter endorphin and transmit dopamine to the brain. These two "happy hormones" help reduce stress, sleep well and are especially beneficial for cognition, promoting brain creativity.

據(jù)《每日科學》報道，研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)經(jīng)常笑可以幫助老年人的大腦更健康。微笑時，身體會釋放神經(jīng)遞質(zhì)內(nèi)啡肽，并將多巴胺傳遞到大腦。這兩種“快樂荷爾蒙”有助于減輕壓力，提高睡眠質(zhì)量，對認知能力特別有益，促進大腦創(chuàng)造力。

Keeping a scientific lifestyle

保持科學的生活方式

Habits of healthy living, eating well, getting enough sleep and exercising regularly are always the familiar "quartet" when it comes to measures to preserve brain health in particular and health in particular.

健康的生活習慣、良好的飲食習慣、充足的睡眠和有規(guī)律的鍛煉是人們熟悉的“四重奏”，尤其是在保護大腦健康方面。