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Pro-active ways to possibly prevent or reduce the likelihood of developing dementia.

Wayne and Dewey, a skeleton our daughter used in her studio) pose for a photo (Wayne is on the right)

Revealing the Surprising Link: How Your Bones Influence Brain Health

Posted on August 1, 2025August 1, 2025 by seniajean

I have always thought I was fairly strong. I’ve been active all my life, with very few obstacles to walking, swimming, or other types of exercises. So it came as a surprise when my DEXA Scan showed that I have osteopenia. Both of my parents and my sister had hip surgery, so it shouldn’t have been a total surprise.
It was time to modify my lifestyle, so I began making a few changes in my exercise routine and diet. It is a process. And more successfully done as a family, so I recruited Wayne’s help, and we began to look for ways to increase our calcium intake.

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Wayne is holding up our old dance pad.

Dancing Away from Dementia

Posted on May 1, 2021April 14, 2026 by seniajean

When our oldest granddaughter was around two years old, her favorites things were strawberries, swinging, and ‘dance-dance-2’. The dance program was a video game that included a dance pad. The idea was to watch the TV screen and place your feet where the animated characters placed theirs. Some friends of mine and I discovered it when volunteering at our church’s youth group. Watching the kids play the game, we saw how much fun it was, and what a great form of exercise it offered.

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