This article first appeared online at GoErie.com on Nov. 27, 2022. As we grow older, many of us look forward to retirement because we imagine it to be a time free of life’s challenges. We envision exciting, long vacations and travel. But when that day actually arrives, we often find ourselves questioning what to do,

A lot of the same things that are good for our bodies are good for our brain. Seth Carter, D.O., geriatric and family medicine specialist at LECOM Institute for Successful Aging and Eastside Medical Center, says brain health is affected by four main things: eating healthy, exercising regularly, social interaction and playing brain games. 1.