Max learned that puzzles and similar artistic activities can slow down the progression of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Research indicates that activities like doing puzzles can be as effective as medication in helping this patient population…… By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room It might sound unusual for an old dude like me to be calling a thirteen year old my buddy but that is the way it is. Max Wallack is an unusual young man. Smart enough that he skipped a couple of grades. He is already in the tenth grade. Smart enough that he will be taking courses at Boston University next year. Max has several inventions under his belt. He is an award winning inventor. Max is also an observer. Back in 2008, Max noticed that when patients in Alzheimer’s care facilities were engaged in activities that allowed them to use their brains, they had a very different look on their face. They had a brighter look on their face, seemed happier, and calmer. He describes this as “more there”. After a while a bright idea jumped into Max’s head, its called Puzzles to Remember .org . Max decided he would convince puzzles manufacturers to give him puzzles, and then he would deliver those puzzles to Alzheimer’s care facilities. After a while he started shipping puzzles all over the country. To date, Puzzles To Remember has distributed 3000 puzzles, to 120 Alzheimer’s caregiving facilities, in 27 states throughout the United States and Canada. Recently, I introduced Max to Carole Larkin of ThirdAge Services in Dallas, Texas. Carole sent Max some money (donations), and Max shipped big boxes of puzzles to Carole. Carole started handing out puzzles with a flyer Max created, and soon people in Alzheimer’s care facilities started sending Max checks.

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