Welcome to Dementia Jersey’s Big Brain Challenge!
The challenge is to navigate your way to all 25 locations on the island to have a chance to win an iPad donated by Jersey Telecom.
Anderson at Quennevais Parade.
Each location contains some information about improving your brain health, and a clue to the next location. As you read the information about improving your brain health, you will notice that there is a letter in purple. Make a record of each purple letter at each site so that once you have visited them all you will be able to make a phrase about brain health. You can then submit the phrase via our website, giving you a chance to win an iPad.
Have a good clean out.
Research is increasingly pointing to sleep having an important function in brain health. While we sleep, a waste disposal system is hard at work, clearing out toxins that have built up as the brain goes about its everyday work. Known as the glymphatic system, it was only discovered in 2012. It is most active when we are asleep and is being increasingly implicated in a range of health conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease. For instance, during sleep the system clears away beta-amyloid, a sticky protein that starts to gather in the brain 10 to 15 years before Alzheimer’s is diagnosed and is a hallmark of the disease. Therefore, getting a good night’s sleep is vital to maintaining brain health.
At this gym you could do some exercise before boarding a plane or watching a rugby match.
Keep us up to date on how you’re getting on and share your photos!
Please tag @dementia_jersey on Instagram and @dementiajersey on Facebook, also using #BigBrainChallenge
Some of the information on this page has been provided by Alzheimer’s Research UK