Geezer Forum being held today

SANDPOINT — Dementia and brain health will be the focus of today's Geezer Forum.

Speaking will be Dr. Meg Skybitsky, a new geriatrician in the community. Geriatricians are called to look at persons more holistically as opposed to those with designated organ focus, like specialties like cardiology, neurology, or orthopedics.

At today's forum, being held from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the community room of Umpqua Bank in Sandpoint.

Skybitsky will focus on two important functions of growing older: brain health and its impact on dementia symptoms.

Brain health is essential for different reasons: like healthy brains let individuals maintain their independence and actively participate in living their lives as they want.

Working on brain health doesn’t guarantee someone won’t get dementia symptoms. But good brain health can reduce, or postpone, the possible onset of those symptoms.