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At Emeritus, our enthusiastic commitment to improving brain health in our residents, their families, and our staff members, is reflected in our choice of Director of Brain Health, Dr. Paul Nussbaum

Dr Nussbaum is a nationally known clinical neuropsychologist who specializes in healthy aging. Specifically, his specialty is the human brain, brain-behavior relations, diseases of the brain, and brain health promotion.

In our communities and offices, we believe it is as important to maintain a healthy brain as it is to maintain a healthy body. As a leader in brain health development, we are committed to educating and incorporating healthy brain activities throughout the organization.

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In Search of My Parasympathetic Nervous System

By Dr. Paul Nussbaum, Posted Wednesday, August 10, 2011

We all have heard about “stress” and the negative impact it can have on our body and brain. Nearly all of us deal with stress on a daily basis and while some acute stress can be advantageous, the chronic effects of stress can lead to physical problems such as headache, backache, stomach and gastrointestinal distress, ulcers, high blood pressure, poor eating habits, and chest pain. [ Read more ]

Brain Health in the Summer

By Dr. Paul Nussbaum, Posted Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Dr. Paul Nussbaum, MD

Summer is here in a big way splashing the heat and humidity upon us. This is a great time of the year to get outdoors and is far better than shoveling a foot of snow off the driveway. Being able to move outdoors is a great opportunity to expand our list of activities and to increase quality time with our brain health lifestyle ®. [ Read more ]

He Does Not Listen to Me!

By Dr. Nussbaum, Posted Monday, June 20, 2011

By Dr. Nussbaum

How many of you women have said this to a man in your life circle? How many of you men have heard this said about you by a woman in your life? The correct answer should be most of us. As a matter of fact, it is probably a normal response to a normal pattern of behavior. You probably never thought a normal behavior could be so frustrating! [ Read more ]

Memorial Day and the Power of Memory

By Dr. Paul Nussbaum, Posted Tuesday, May 31, 2011

By Dr. Paul Nussbaum

Sometimes it is worthwhile to stop and consider how brilliant and powerful the human brain is that it permits us to not only observe life unfolding in front of us, but also record it forever. Memory is such a fascinating and complex behavior that we do not fully understand how it works. Our ability to remember, however, permits us to build our autobiography, our own personal life story.

The brain is really not like a computer because there is not finite space or hard drive. Indeed, the brain has plasticity and can continue to encode and retain new experiences across the lifespan. This creates a dynamic and fluid capacity for our autobiography to be developed and told. [ Read more ]

Forgiveness in Our Daily Lives

By Dr. Nussbaum, Posted Monday, April 25, 2011

Written by Dr. Nussbaum

This week marks a holy week for millions of people worldwide. It provides a time of reflection and renewal and also a time to consider important and basic virtues we all possess. One of them is forgiveness and the simple act of forgiving can be health promoting. It seems forgiveness, for many of us, however, can be a difficult action. [ Read more ]

SMore Genes and Alzheimer’s Disease

By Dr. Nussbaum, Posted Monday, April 4, 2011

Two large studies have discovered five new genes related to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) with findings to be published in Nature Genetics this month. Genes of more than 500,00 people in the United States and Europe were analyzed and confirm five genes make the disease more likely in the elderly. [ Read more ]

Alzheimer’s Disease and Inheritance From Mothers

By Dr. Nussbaum, Posted Wednesday, March 30, 2011

A new study published in the March 1 Journal Neurology indicates mothers with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) may be more likely to pass the disease to their children. [ Read more ]

Computers, Exercise Linked to Lower Mild Cognitive Impairment

By Dr. Paul Nussbaum, Posted Thursday, March 3, 2011

Moderate physical exercise combined with computer use late in life is associated with a lower risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The research indicated that while both elements related to lowered risk of MCI, there was an additive interaction that created enhanced value according to Yonas Geda, M.D. who presented the research at the annual meeting of the Academy of Neurology. [ Read more ]

Maybe even a Third Language to Delay Dementia

By Dr. Paul Nussbaum, Posted Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Almost as fast as my recent blog on bilingualism and the benefit to the human brain was posted I read a research report that learning a third language can help to reduce risk of dementia. This research from the Public Center for Health in Luxembourg does suggest more languages equal a lower risk of cognitive impairment. [ Read more ]

Bilingualism may Delay Onset of Alzheimer’s

Posted Monday, February 21, 2011

I have written and spoken many times about the concept of “brain reserve” which refers to the development of cellular connections that provide a type of synaptic density (like a jungle of connections in the brain) throughout the cortex. [ Read more ]