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wnylib

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18. I love to do newspaper word games like deciphering cryptograms,
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 11:54 PM
Aug 2024

unscrambling words for a clue that also has to be unscrambled to answer a question, and creating as many words as possible from the letters of a single given word (sort of like Scrabble without points or other players). Sometimes I pick up a pamphlet with other types of word games.

I was doing some at the doc's office while waiting for him to come into the exam room for my yearly Medicare exam. He said they were good mental exercises and I should continue doing them to stay mentally alert.

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I take that test yearly edhopper Aug 2024 #1
I'm a senior dpibel Aug 2024 #4
Me neither. orthoclad Aug 2024 #20
I guess it is my insurance that has me take a yearly wellness checkup. I thought patricia92243 Aug 2024 #24
Not all seniors are given the MOCA (the test Trump was given). Ms. Toad Aug 2024 #5
Sure edhopper Aug 2024 #8
No, cognitive tests are not a regular thing for seniors. Ms. Toad Aug 2024 #13
Then why didn't that doctor give him the test every time misanthrope Aug 2024 #10
What is a cognative test? Srkdqltr Aug 2024 #2
Yes. Ms. Toad Aug 2024 #6
Usually i put the words into a sentence. Last time i put a digital time in the clock face with hands also. Srkdqltr Aug 2024 #9
Here is a link to the MoCA test Ms. Toad Aug 2024 #16
Never took that one. Srkdqltr Aug 2024 #19
As a social worker, I used to do tests on patients at hospice. kerry-is-my-prez Aug 2024 #23
I love to do newspaper word games like deciphering cryptograms, wnylib Aug 2024 #18
I do a Scrabble game and solitaire on my phone/tablet. mucholderthandirt Aug 2024 #25
I'm in my 70s and my nurse practitioner always uses the test when wnylib Aug 2024 #28
He is just taking the test that all of us over 65 take yearly. patricia92243 Aug 2024 #3
"All of us over 65" don't take that test yearly. Ms. Toad Aug 2024 #7
That is my point exactly misanthrope Aug 2024 #11
You seem to have missed my point. Ms. Toad Aug 2024 #15
I don't think Trump requested anything misanthrope Aug 2024 #17
Misanthrope wasn't saying the test was required Zoomie1986 Aug 2024 #22
My understanding was that he asked for it. n/t Ms. Toad Aug 2024 #29
Not me. orthoclad Aug 2024 #21
It's not a complicated test... kentuck Aug 2024 #12
No no, it was very hard. Most people can't pass it. You have to go "man, person, woman, refrigerator" Bucky Aug 2024 #14
LOL That's just how he'd say it, too. mucholderthandirt Aug 2024 #26
Uncle MIT genes. Bitbit Aug 2024 #27
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