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Enhancing Cognitive Fitness in Adults

A Guide to the Use and Development of Community-Based Programs

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Editors:
  1. Paula E. Hartman-Stein

    1. Center for Healthy Aging, Kent, USA

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  2. Asenath LaRue

    1. School of Medicine & Public Health, Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

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  • Book both highlights the research foundations behind brain fitness

  • Showcases innovative community programs to promote mental fitness in adults with cognitive impairment

  • Emphasizes the nuts and bolts of setting up and utilizing cognitive health programs in the community

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Research Foundations for Cognitive Wellness Interventions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Memory Enhancement Strategies: What Works Best for Obtaining Memory Goals?

      • John Dunlosky, Heather Bailey, Christopher Hertzog
      Pages 3-23

    3. Mental and Physical Exercise as a Means to Reverse Cognitive Aging and Enhance Well-Being

      • Walter R. Boot, Daniel P. Blakely
      Pages 25-44

    4. Consumer-Based Brain Fitness Programs

      • Elizabeth M. Zelinski, Sarah E. Dalton, Glenn E. Smith
      Pages 45-66

    5. Synapse: A Clinical Trial Examining the Impact of Actively Engaging the Aging Mind

      • Jennifer Lodi-Smith, Denise C. Park
      Pages 67-83

    6. Meditation, Mindfulness, Cognition, and Emotion: Implications for Community-Based Older Adult Programs

      • Alfred W. Kaszniak
      Pages 85-104

  3. Community-Based Programs to Enhance and Sustain Healthy Aging

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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  4. Community-based Programs to Enhance and Sustain Healthy Aging

    1. Keys to a Sharp Mind: Providing Choice and Quality Programming in a Retirement Community

      • Jeanette S. Biermann, Paula E. Hartman-Stein, Paula E. Hartman-Stein
      Pages 107-124

    2. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Montana: A Model of Successful University and Community Partnerships

      • Sharon Alexander, Cynthia Aten, Dannette Fadness, Kali Lightfoot
      Pages 125-136

    3. Closing the Generation Gap: Using Discussion Groups to Benefit Older Adults and College Students

      • Kelly E. Cichy, Gregory C. Smith
      Pages 137-154

    4. A Practical Guide to Senior Odyssey

      • Elizabeth A. L. Stine-Morrow, Jeanine M. Parisi
      Pages 155-168

    5. Spelling Clubs and Competitions for Older Adults: Language Boosting Within a Social Context

      • Paula E. Hartman-Stein, Paula E. Hartman-Stein, Mary DeForest
      Pages 169-182

    6. Oral Life Review in Older Adults: Principles for the Social Service Professional

      • Thomas M. Meuser
      Pages 183-198

    7. Creative Writing Groups: A Promising Avenue for Enhancing Working Memory and Emotional Well-Being

      • Paula E. Hartman-Stein, Paula E. Hartman-Stein
      Pages 199-212

    8. Peer-Led Memory Training Programs to Support Brain Fitness

      • Linda M. Ercoli, Paul A. Cernin, Gary W. Small
      Pages 213-229

    9. Cognitive Wellness for Diverse Populations

      • Stephanie R. Johnson
      Pages 231-238

    10. The Role of Physical Activity in Cognitive Fitness: A General Guide for Community Programs

      • Edward S. Potkanowicz
      Pages 239-248

    11. Nutrition and Nutritional Supplements to Promote Brain Health

      • Abhilash K. Desai, Abhilash K. Desai, Joy Rush, Lakshmi Naveen, Papan Thaipisuttikul
      Pages 249-269

  5. Enhancing Cognition Through the Arts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 271-271
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About this book

Late life is characterized by great diversity in memory and other cognitive functions. Although a substantial proportion of older adults suffer from Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia, a majority retain a high level of cognitive skills throughout the life span. Identifying factors that sustain and enhance cognitive well-being is a growing area of original and translational research. In 2009, there are as many as 5.2 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease, and that figure is expected to grow to as many as 16 million by 2050. One in six women and one in 10 men who live to be at least age 55 will develop Alzheimer’s disease in their remaining lifetime. Approximately 10 million of the 78 million baby boomers who were alive in 2008 can expect to develop Alzheimer’s disease. Seventy percent of people with Alzheimer’s disease live at home, cared for by family and friends. In 2008, 9.8 million family members, friends, and neighbors provided unpaid care for someone with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia. The direct costs to Medicare and Medicaid for care of people with Alzheimer’s disease amount to more than $148 billion annually (from Alzheimer’s Association, 2008 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures). This book will highlight the research foundations behind brain fitness interventions as well as showcase innovative community-based programs to maintain and promote mental fitness and intervene with adults with cognitive impairment. The emphasis is on illustrating the nuts and bolts of setting up and utilizing cognitive health programs in the community, not just the laboratory.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“This book was designed for the clinician wanting to develop interventions/programs for their patients or local aging community … . an essential read for those interested in setting up interventions for combating cognitive decline in the elderly. … there is a wealth of experience and creativity in these chapters that will only help to sharpen the ideas one may have for his/her own clinic, evening course for the community, or research program.” (Melanie C. Greenaway, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, Vol. 19 (1), 2013)

“This book discusses how to enhance cognitive flexibility in older adults using a wellness-support approach. … The audience includes clinical, health, and neuropsychologists, primary care physicians (geriatricians, internists, family physicians), and clinical social workers. … This practical book offers many different ideas for enhancing cognitive fitness in adults, including programming in retirement centers, spelling clubs, physical activity, nutritional supplements, theatre arts, and volunteer programs. … The book will be extremely helpful for those working with older adults.” (Gary B. Kaniuk, Doody’s Review Service, December, 2011)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Healthy Aging, Kent, USA

    Paula E. Hartman-Stein

  • School of Medicine & Public Health, Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

    Asenath LaRue

About the editors

Paula Hartman-Stein, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, founder of the Center for Healthy Aging, and director of geriatric psychology for Summa Health System. She received her doctoral degree from Kent State University in 1982, going on to complete her post-doctoral training in the departments of medicine and surgery at Akron General Medical Center, and her geropsychology training at Case Western Reserve University. She is an assistant professor of psychology at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, adjunct associate professor of psychology at Kent State University, and senior fellow in the Institute for Life Span Development and Gerontology at University of Akron. In 2006 she received the Alfred M. Wellner Ph.D. Senior Career Psychologist Award recognizing excellence in a health service provider in psychology by the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology. She is a fellow and past president of APA's Division 12 (Clinical Psychology) and a member of the National Academy of Practice in Psychology of the National Academies of Practice, Psychologists in Long-Term Care, American Gerontological Society of America, American Society on Aging, and Association for the Advancement of Psychology. Asenath LaRue, Ph.D. is a neuropsychologist with interests in both normal cognitive aging and dementia. She has been a faculty member of the Neuropsychiatric Institute at UCLA and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico, and became a senior scientist at the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004. She has been a clinician, researcher, and educator in the fields of aging and dementia for more than 25 years. She is on the board of directors for the Alzheimer's Association, a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and a member of the National Academy of Neuropsychology.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Enhancing Cognitive Fitness in Adults

  • Book Subtitle: A Guide to the Use and Development of Community-Based Programs

  • Editors: Paula E. Hartman-Stein, Asenath LaRue

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0636-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-0635-9Published: 02 August 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-4767-2Published: 27 July 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-0636-6Published: 02 August 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 499

  • Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Geriatrics/Gerontology, Clinical Psychology, Neurology

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