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About this Book
Troubled by
Forgetfulness? Do you forget appointments?
People’s names? Find yourself looking all over the house for your car keys?
Do you wish you could remember more of what you read?
People of
all ages experience memory lapses from time to time, but as we grow older
we tend to become more aware of them. Is this because we are actually
forgetting things more often, or is it simply a misperception brought on by
stereotypes of what happens as we age?
According to gerontologist Betty Fielding, it
isn’t always a misperception. "The sense that people experience more
memory problems as they age is, to a degree, based in fact. But age alone
is not the defining criteria on how well we remember," says Fielding.
"Many factors, such as health, medication, insufficient concentration,
depression, loneliness and lack of organization play a part."
Fielding recommends a holistic approach to
improving or maintaining your memory. "You’re never too old to start
your own memory improvement project," advises Fielding. And nearly
everything you do and experience plays a part in how successful your
project will be. If you aren’t eating right or getting enough exercise,
that affects your memory. So does sitting at home alone. The more you are
involved with other people, the better your memory will be. If you’re
stressed, you’re probably forgetting some things."
Until now, books on improving your memory tended to
focus on mnemonics, codes and systems that are often unrealistic in their
difficulty to learn and use. It’s a case of the cure being worse than the
disease. Fielding has written a book, The Memory Manual: 10 Simple Things
You Can Do to Improve Your Memory After 50, she feels will not only make
improving your memory easier, it will make it enjoyable. "Expect to
improve not only your memory, but your quality of life."
Calling on Fielding’s 25
years of studying and teaching in the field of aging, The Memory Manual
outlines an easy, ten-step regimen that is as much a philosophy of living
as it is a program for improving your memory skills. On a background of
understanding how the human brain works, organizing your life and your
things and the use of memory aids such as pill safes and written notes,
Fielding advocates taking charge of your health, overcoming constrictions
on your personal energy and making a commitment to enjoy living while
coping with the natural aging process.
The Instructor’s Guide to Memory Training is now
available for those interested in acting as instructors in memory training
or in teaching a memory enhancement course. The Instructor’s Guide is
designed to to provide the format, the course
content, and the materials to be used in conjunction with The Memory Manual
for either a course—Improving Your Memory Is Easier Than You Think: A
12-Hour Course in Six Sessions—or a single two-hour workshop—7 Steps to a
Good Memory for Young and Old: A 2-Hour Workshop.
About the Author
For
twenty-five years Betty Fielding, M. A., has taught classes and lectured on
the psychology of aging for colleges and universities, medical centers and
community groups in the San Francisco Bay Area. In this book, she answers
the question often posed in classes on successful aging, "How can I
have a better memory?"
Her response
is a unique program based on the variety of factors which increase memory
power through improving the quality of daily living.
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