Brain Puzzles For Alzheimer's, Parkinson's & Stroke Patients: Improve Memory, Reading, Logic, Math, Writing & Fine Motor Skills Paperback – Large Print, May 12, 2016

This is the first book I've been able to find that actually works for the population it is targeting: seniors who are at least moderately mentally impaired. The puzzles are just about the right difficulty: they are stimulating enough to be a somewhat of challenge for mentally-impaired seniors, but not so difficult such that the senior cannot do 5% of the puzzles, and even the person who got them the book has trouble helping them. I've noticed that the vast majority of other books labeled with something like "easy crosswords/puzzles for seniors" are quite difficult even for enlightened middle-aged adults who are in the prime of their mental capacity, and unrealistic for most seniors in their 70s/80s/90s, while downright impossible for seniors with any level of mental impairment beyond what is expected for their age. My only issue is that the book title and particularly the cover is an atrocity for self-explanatory reasons- it certainly isn't beneficial or necessary to see the words "for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Stroke Patients" in big letters, even for someone who has forgotten how to solve 8*9 or 17-8. What I did as an easy fix was to just tape pieces of paper over both sides of the cover and tuck in the first few pages (where the cover is displayed in big print). If not for the cover, this book would be pretty close to perfect, and it is definitely worth the price.

I purchased this book for a friend who has a family member who is dealing with dementia. she was overjoyed with the product and eager to try the puzzles. There are a great deal of mathematical puzzles, word puzzles and other types that can help keep the mind active.

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There are a few places in this book that I've found to be a bit unclear, which could easily be remedied in a later edition.The matrix word problems ask you to fill in the blanks and create valid words in each row, as well as the upper left to lower right diagonal. It's possible to fill in these answers with several correct permutations. However, there are no explicit instructions to let the reader know this fact. Upon referring to the answers in the back, only one answer is given per puzzle, which implicitly implies that there's only one correct answer, when in fact this isn't so.There are also several puzzles where you're given two seemingly similar pictures and you have to figure out the differences. However, there are a few areas where you're given a picture without a corresponding picture. This may be a mild oversight, but something worth noting in future editions.I'd say the book is helpful in helping a loved one stay mentally acute, but it's still fairly disorganized and could benefit from better editing in future editions.

I have a real problem with the fake book cover pictured above. I thought a book simply titled "Brain Puzzles For Adults" would be perfect for my mother, who has early-stage Alzheimer's but who would be mortified by getting a book with the word Alzheimer's on the cover. But when the book came, I discovered the real title is "Brain Puzzles For Alzheimer's, Parkinson's & Stroke Patients," in big all-caps yellow type, which is why I'm returning it. For me, this amounts to deceptive advertising.

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