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Gary Ferone is franchise owners at Assisting Hands Home Care. It's a home health care agency for seniors and the disabled, so they can remain safely and comfortably in their own homes.

Because my father and his sister developed Alzheimer's disease in their late 70's, and because they were subjected to a prolonged and painful decline, and finally death, as a result of the disease, my ten brothers and sisters (ranging in age now from the mid-fifties to the early seventies) have been particularly focused on our own brain health. As we learned this past week from the Institute of Medicine's landmark report, Cognitive Aging: Progress in Understanding and Opportunities for Action, we are not alone. In an AARP report in 2012, 87% of responding members listed staying "mentally sharp" as a top concern.