Apps are a brilliant way to help keep your health in check. They can provide you with regular reminders to take your medication or perform certain tasks. But did you know that gaming apps can also bring benefits, such as helping you to keep your mind sharp? This in turn can help keep memory-related diagnoses such as dementia at bay. Here are 6 apps to help in daily activities. If you are unsure about how to go about downloading them, you can ask someone close to you – such as an older grandchild – to help.
ShopWell
Download link for iOS and Android
A healthy diet keeps your brain sharp. Foods high in antioxidants are especially helpful when it comes to reducing cell damage. With the ShopWell app, you can pair your food with your help needs. Set up a profile and let the app guide you through making a shopping list filled with nutritious items and healthy alternatives.
Pill Monitor
Download link for iOS
The Pill Monitor help is designed to ensure that you don’t forget about your medication. It lets you schedule reminders to take them, down to the day, date and time. To keep things streamlined, you can also send your doctor a log of the medication you’ve taken.
MedWatcher
Download link for iOS
It’s also important that you keep abreast of any changes or notifications from the manufacturers of your medication. This can include notifications of potential adverse reactions or a product recall. The MedWatcher app allows you to create a list of the medications you are taking, upon which you will start receiving real-live updates on them. If you are experiencing adverse reactions from a medication you are taking, you can also report it directly to the FDA through the app.
Elevate Brain Training
Download link for iOs and Android
In order to keep the nerve connections in your brain active and strong, you need to help them communicate with each other. How do you do that? Picture the muscles in your body – during physical exercise, these muscles “interact” with each other, training to grow stronger over time. It’s the same with your brain, which needs to keep active. With the Elevate Brain Training app, you can use memory, word and math games to improve skills such as listening, speaking, writing and reading comprehension.
Luminosity
Download link for iOS and Android
Brain teasers and dynamic puzzles help keep your brain sharp. The app is based on the notion of “neuroplasticity”, which attests that the brain can change itself to accommodate new challenges. You can use this app to improve skills like flexibility, attention, problem-solving and memory.
Old Time Radio
Download link for Android
Here’s a fun one. If you’re feeling nostalgic for the music from your childhood and youth, this app offers over 30 stations of radio spanning the 20s to the 70s. Plug in and relax – you can even run the app in the background of your mobile device so you can listen to your favorite songs while doing other things.
