Seniors Learn How To Juggle

Grace Howard, 86, practices juggling during a class taught by Patti Sparks on June 10 at Fairwood Retirement Village in Mead. (SR photo: Tyler Tjomsland)

Imagine being told you could learn to juggle at any age – that the flexibility and mobility issues that often accompany aging aren’t barriers to tossing some colorful beanbags in the air and catching them. Then what if you were told that juggling can improve brain power, concentration, dexterity, reaction time and may even help prevent Alzheimer’s? That’s what residents of Fairwood Retirement Village were told on a recent afternoon. Patty Sparks, 54, tossed beanbags, clubs and rings through the air. “I didn’t learn to juggle until I was 45,” she told the group gathered in the atrium. “Trust me. You can do this!”/ Cindy Hval , SR. More here .

Question: Can you juggle?