For a lot of people, reaching the age of 50 years, means that they no longer consider themselves as young. They have passed the magical threshold and are now moving towards becoming senior citizens. Obtaining gleaned from the American Association of Retired Persons further solidifies the individual’s perception of being older. Unfortunately, our society reinforces this view with its great emphasis on being young and beautiful. For many, their biggest concern is keeping their mental facilities and having the ability to deal with their own affairs as they progress in age. A recent study demonstrated that those who worry about losing their memory do suffer memory loss. It Isa self-fulfilling prophesy. The individual continuously worries he is losing his memory, which raises his anxiety level and which leads to his memory loss.

• Taking more time to learn or remember new information.
• Having difficulty concentrating or staying focused on a task, like paying bills, in the midst of distractions.
• Forgetting such principles as an anniversary or the names of buddies. This may be referred to some senior moments.
• Needing more memory or reminders cues, such as prominent appointment calendars, reminder notes, and a telephone with a well-stocked speed dial.

Many people as they age maintain their capacity to do their errands, manage money, maintain their families and live independently after test for mental age. As people age, there are lots of changes that occur to their bodies, look and thinking processes.

1. Remember recent events or discussions. They keep old memories such as where they were born or their first job. But they would not recall what they ate for dinner a couple of minutes earlier. As the disorder progresses, they start to lose even their old memories.
2. Plan, begin, or arrange tasks. May turn on the stove to boil water for tea and then forget it, which causes the pot being burnt and the water boiled down to nothing.
3. Find the ideal words or title everyday things, like a clock or a cooker. Comprehend or follow simple directions. You may ask someone to hang up his jacket and come back a couple of minutes later and find him just standing there with his coat still on.

To sum up, it is common for the mind to age like the rest of our body, and with aging there are changes in our memory, also. We do not learn as fast as we did when we were younger but we have the ability to learn new details. We do have moments where we forget what we are doing or  cannot recall a person’s name, but there are so many more memories filling our thoughts it is not easy keeping all of the information straight. Keeping your mind active is the most significant element in preventing memory loss.