September Cognitive Kit: World Alzheimer’s Month
Welcome to our September Cognitive Kit! September is World Alzheimer’s Month and this month, we are sharing a book recommendation, coloring page, journal prompt & activity tracker, crossword puzzle, and some additional resources and further reading.
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Book Recommendation:
Still Alice by Lisa Genova (2009)
“Still Alice is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman’s sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer’s disease, written by first-time author Lisa Genova, who holds a PhD in neuroscience from Harvard University.
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Fiercely independent, Alice struggles to maintain her lifestyle and live in the moment, even as her sense of self is being stripped away. In turns heartbreaking, inspiring and terrifying, Still Alice captures in remarkable detail what’s it’s like to literally lose your mind…
Reminiscent of A Beautiful Mind, Ordinary People and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Still Alice packs a powerful emotional punch and marks the arrival of a strong new voice in fiction.” (Summary from Amazon)
You can find Still Alice at your local library, or on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and more.
Coloring Page:
You can download this month’s coloring page here: September 2024 Cognitive Kit Coloring Page
Journal Prompt & Activity Tracker:
You can download this month’s activity tracker here: September 2024 Cognitive Kit Journal Prompt and Activity Tracker
Crossword Puzzle:
You can download this month’s crossword puzzle here: September 2024 Cognitive Kit Crossword Puzzle
(Hint! The answers can be found in the featured studies and resources below.)
You can now view the answers to the August crossword puzzle here!
Featured Research Study:
First Author: Madeline Ally, PhD Student
Senior Author: Michael Alosco, PhD
Resources:
Take a look at this month’s highlighted resources:
What is Alzheimer’s Disease? – Alzheimer’s Association
Tips for Caregivers and Families of People With Dementia – Alzheimers.gov
CDC Alzheimer’s Disease and Healthy Aging Resource Center
Boston University/Boston Medical Campus Memory & Aging Clinic (BU/BMC MAC)
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