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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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