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Ellen Somers: Staying sharp by continually learning and teaching about brain health

October 9, 2013 by SharpBrains

Ellen Somers
Ellen Somers, MA, LMHC

What is your name, job title and orga­ni­za­tion, and what excites you the most about work­ing there?
As Coor­di­na­tor of  Cog­ni­tive Health Ser­vices at St. Camil­lus Cen­ters, I am always look­ing for new ways to devel­op our pro­grams and ser­vices as the field of brain health evolves.

Please tell us about your inter­est in applied brain sci­ence. What areas are you most inter­est­ed in? What moti­vat­ed you to pur­sue work in your field?
Over the years, my focus on demen­tia care has expand­ed into an inter­est in pre­ven­tion and brain health main­te­nance. I par­tic­u­lar­ly enjoy work­ing with per­sons with mild impair­ment that are moti­vat­ed to improve their cog­ni­tive skills.

What is one impor­tant thing you are work­ing on now, and where can peo­ple learn more about it? 
Teach­ing a new adult edu­ca­tion course called “Life­long Brain Health” that inte­grates infor­ma­tion from sev­er­al resources, and fea­tures The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fitness.

What are 1–2 key things you’d like every per­son to under­stand regard­ing his/ her own brain and mind, that you think is com­mon­ly mis­rep­re­sent­ed or not addressed in the pop­u­lar media? 
More com­mu­ni­ty-based edu­ca­tion pro­grams that are evi­dence-based (I see quite a few pro­grams out there that seem “flashy” but don’t appear to be based on much research).

What sur­prised you the most at the 2013 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Summit? 
Maybe not “sur­prised” per se, but I was­n’t famil­iar with a good num­ber of the new­er tech­nolo­gies that are becom­ing available.

Final­ly, what do YOU do to stay sharp? 
Above all, con­tin­u­al­ly learn­ing and teach­ing new mate­ri­als on brain health. Also, dai­ly aer­o­bic exer­cise, plea­sure read­ing, and tai chi.

2013 SharpBrains Summit—This con­ver­sa­tion is part of the inter­view series with Speak­ers and Par­tic­i­pants in the 2013 Sharp­Brains Vir­tual Sum­mit (Sep­tem­ber 19–20th). Pre­vi­ous inter­views include:

  • San­dra Chap­man: Using inno­v­a­tive think­ing, and brain train­ing, we can rewire the brain at every level
  • Dhar­ma Singh Khal­sa: Why are yoga and med­i­ta­tion often over­looked for healthy brain aging?
  • Sheri Osborn: We should all live a cre­ative life
  • Cori Lath­an: It’s time for an annu­al brain check-up, a “brain thermometer”
  • Tere­sa Kennedy: Total health includes phys­i­cal AND men­tal fitness

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: aerobic excercise, Brain-Fitness, Brain-health, cognitive-health, cognitive-skills, dementia care, Ellen Somers, life long brain health, St. Camillus Centers

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