Reading is
Active and
Stimulating

Reading is health food for our brains. It combats:

  • Isolation

  • Anxiety

  • Stress

  • Depression

Studies have also shown that reading delays memory loss and dementia, and might even stave off the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

Reading is a positive activity. But as we age, reading becomes more challenging.

  • We have a hard time seeing small type.

  • We can’t easily track complex sentence structures.

  • We struggle to follow narrative jumps.

  • We are tripped up remembering characters and why they matter to the story.

Sources: National Institute of Health, Baylor College of Medicine, Psychology Today.