Dad’s diagnosis of Alzheimer’s stayed
hidden from everyone until I took over the medical administration of my parents
in 2015. Once I found out, there was a deafening silence from most of the
people I know even though virtually all of them would add, “My _____ had
Alzheimer’s…” But there was little help, little beyond people sadly shaking
heads. Or horror stories. Lots of those. Even the ones who knew about the
disease seemed to have received a gag order from some Central Alzheimer’s
Command and did little more than mumble about the experience. Not one to shut
up for any known reason, I started this part of my blog…
It's called “Speed
of Processing”.
According to the
site listed below: “Processing speed involves one or more of the following
functions: the amount of time it takes to perceive information (this can be
through any of the senses, but usually through the visual and auditory
channels), process information and/or formulate or enact a response. Another
way to define processing speed is to say that it’s the time required to perform
an intellectual task or the amount of work that can be completed within a
certain period of time. Even more simply, processing speed could be defined as
how long it takes to get stuff done.”
Hmmm…this sounds
like something people have to do in order to get into the civil service –
specifically into the Post Office. https://www.test-guide.com/postal/free-postal-exam-questions/postal-exam-473-part-a.html
When I was a cashier
in a grocery store, we had to do processing – before the advent of UPC stripes, we had to read the price on the top of the item, and type it in by touch. Today, cashiers don’t have to do anything except position the purchase and
pass it over a glass screen. I suppose though, that it requires a certain
amount of processing skill…
Of course, at the
third site listed below, YOU TOO can purchase this BRAIN-SAVING program!!!!!!
For only $100 a month (paid annually. If you choose the monthly payment plan,
you pay $130 or so a year). I also have no idea how hard it would be to get
out of your contract – there’s no “your money refunded if not absolutely satisfied!!!!!”
mentioned on the page…
Do I sound
sarcastic? Do I sound obnoxious? Do I sound bitter? My attitude springs from
the thought that with the prevalence of Alzheimer’s and other dementias and the
costs associated with the disease (https://www.alz.org/facts/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-KyetoPV1wIVA7XACh0sWgPbEAAYASAAEgJYoPD_BwE)
(we pay $5000/month for my father to live in a Memory Care Unit of a very nice
retirement apartment community), you’d think that the program would be offered
free-of-charge, promoted by the Atheists of America and the TransHumanist Society
of Earth and by the Pope, the Dali Lama and any of the other people listed here:
https://globein.com/b/10-most-influential-spiritual-leaders-around-world-4.
But this is the
first I’ve ever heard of it. How about you? If there is strong evidence that it will prevent dementia, why aren't the "pro-vaxxers" screaming for it to be provided to everyone on Earth whether they want it or not?
Hmmm...OH! It must not serve someone's narrow political agenda -- I mean all it would do is save people from spending their twilight years answering the television remote when the phone rings...
Sarcastic? Bitter? Obnoxious? You bet your ass!
Hmmm...OH! It must not serve someone's narrow political agenda -- I mean all it would do is save people from spending their twilight years answering the television remote when the phone rings...
Sarcastic? Bitter? Obnoxious? You bet your ass!
Resource: http://news.medicine.iu.edu/releases/2017/11/brain-exercise-dementia-prevention.shtml,
http://www.mghclaycenter.org/parenting-concerns/grade-school/intro-processing-speed/,
https://www.brainhq.com/world-class-science/published-research/active-study?lead_id=google-search-text-custom-ACTIVE_Study&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5_mGguvT1wIVl7jACh2CdgRlEAAYASAAEgLF9fD_BwE,
https://medicine.iu.edu/blogs/research-updates/brain-training-dementia-prevention/
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