{"id":116,"date":"2022-03-04T14:17:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T19:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/brain-health\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2022-03-04T15:39:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T20:39:22","slug":"stay-mentally-and-socially-active","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/brain-health\/stay-mentally-and-socially-active\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay Mentally and Socially Active"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-116\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-116-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-116-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-116-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-132 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2022\/03\/shutterstock_1380392174-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2022\/03\/shutterstock_1380392174-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2022\/03\/shutterstock_1380392174-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2022\/03\/shutterstock_1380392174-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2022\/03\/shutterstock_1380392174-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2022\/03\/shutterstock_1380392174-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/2022\/03\/shutterstock_1380392174-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alz.org\/help-support\/brain_health\/stay_mentally_and_socially_active\">Stay Mentally and Socially Active<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Connect with others<\/li>\n<li>Engage with family and friends<\/li>\n<li>Join a group or club<\/li>\n<li>Volunteer\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/virginiaservice.virginia.gov\/volunteering\/\">Virginia Service- Volunteering Opportunities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Purple Power Worship<\/li>\n<li>Senior Centers<\/li>\n<li>Silver Sneakers<\/li>\n<li>County Government Parks &amp; Rec link<\/li>\n<li>Exercise your brain<\/li>\n<li>Play games with strategy<\/li>\n<li>Take up a hobby<\/li>\n<li>Sign up for a class<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/virginianavigator.org\/article\/12296\/lifelong-learning\"><strong>Lifelong Learning<\/strong> (Virginia Navigator - <\/a>Formal education (classroom-based learning administered by professionally trained teachers)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vccs.edu\/\">Virginia\u2019s Community Colleges<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vda.virginia.gov\/vaFallsprevention.htm\"><strong>Falls Prevention Programs<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stay Mentally and Socially Active Connect with others Engage with family and friends Join a group or club Volunteer Virginia Service- Volunteering Opportunities Purple Power Worship Senior Centers Silver Sneakers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":390,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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