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AARP's Approach to Brain Health

AARP Staying Sharp is a program that provides you with content, tools, and activities to stimulate and support the brain as you age.  

Limited-time offer! AARP® Staying Sharp® users enrolled in AARP Rewards can earn double points* on select content 11/1/23 - 11/30/23.

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Staying Sharp, including all content and features, is offered for informational purposes and to educate users on brain health care and medical issues that may affect their daily lives. Staying Sharp is based on a holistic, lifestyle.... Read More

Get to know all that Staying Sharp has to offer. Try our challenges, incorporate new exercises into your routine, or check out our fun cooking videos. AARP Members have access to this and so much more.




Staying Sharp’s Six Pillars of Brain Health

Science tells us that a healthy lifestyle may help protect the brain. Practice these six pillars for better brain health and "BE MORE" with Staying Sharp.

Be Social

Engage Your Brain

Manage Stress

Ongoing Exercise

Restorative Sleep

Eat Right

AARP Members Get

  • Challenges to learn about practical skills you can use in your daily life.
  • Articles on challenging your mind and keeping your body in optimal health.
  • Activities you can easily apply in your daily life.
  • Recipes to help nourish you.
  • Videos and meditations to explore exercises, healthy eating and more.
  • My Favorites help you track activities and exercises that fit your lifestyle.

Plus, games and puzzles that are fun and entertaining.

Cognitive Assessment

Take the Cognitive Assessment and Lifestyle Check-Ins. Then try the Additional Tests to evaluate even more elements of cognition. Thirteen tests in all. This unique value is offered for a onetime fee of $14 or 9,000 AARP Rewards points.   

*Unused points expire 12 months after they are earned, in monthly batches on a rolling basis.

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Legal Disclaimer: Staying Sharp, including all content and features, is offered for informational purposes and to educate users on brain health care and medical issues that may affect their daily lives. Staying Sharp is based on a holistic, lifestyle approach to brain health that encourages users to incorporate into their daily lives activities that are associated with general wellness. Nothing in the service should be considered, or used as a substitute for, medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Features including the Cognitive Assessment and Lifestyle Check-Ins, Additional Tests, exercises, and challenges assess performance at a particular moment in time on certain discrete cognitive tasks. Staying Sharp games are intended for entertainment and recreational purposes only. Various factors may affect performance, including sleep, tiredness, focus, and other social, environmental, or emotional factors. Performance is not indicative of cognitive health and not predictive of future performance or medical conditions.

 

Unused AARP Rewards points expire 12 months after they are earned, in monthly batches on a rolling basis.