AARP Staying Sharp

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AARP Staying Sharp: Brain Health Companion App

"AARP Staying Sharp" is a holistic brain health app that provides users with challenges and expert advice focused on memory, focus, and healthy lifestyle practices. It includes features like progress tracking, AARP Rewards integration, and access to additional resources, empowering users to enhance their cognitive well-being based on AARP's principles of brain health.
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By: AARP
Version: 1.5.10 (Last updated: 2023-11-14)
Creation date: 2021-10-12
Permissions
Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections
Other:
  • receive data from Internet
  • view network connections
  • full network access
  • prevent device from sleeping

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App summary

Need to learn a variety of healthy-lifestyle skills?

The AARP™ Staying Sharp® app is based on a holistic, lifestyle-based approach to brain health and features expert advice on memory, focus and more.

Are you sometimes irritated by little memory slips like forgetting where you placed your keys or phone? In our “Memory Loss – Is it Inevitable?” challenge, you can learn how memory works.

In addition, our Digital Declutter challenge teaches you ways to manage your digital world. Discover strategies for shifting technology away from being a distracting force in your life and into something that helps you live life more fully.

And if you’re tired of forgetting details about new people you meet, our Faces & Names challenge can help you learn the secrets of those impressive people who never forget a name.

Staying Sharp challenges align with guidance from AARP’s Global Council on Brain Health, an independent collaborative of scientists, doctors, scholars and policy experts. Each challenge starts with a video outlining what research and experts say about strengthening memory and building healthy habits. You then follow a series of steps to learn brain-healthy habits and discover easy activities that you can incorporate into your life.

Here’s what the app lets you do:

Take challenges that are designed to help you learn about the brain and its ongoing health, including tips to incorporate healthy habits into your daily life.

Take Staying Sharp challenges on the go.

Your progress will be saved, no matter where you start or stop your challenge. And that works on a smartphone, computer or tablet.

Who can use the app?

Anyone can download and preview the Staying Sharp® app. AARP members and other authorized users have access to it.

Plus, there’s more. Access includes the following:

* Take the challenges to earn AARP Rewards points*. This loyalty program lets you gain points for participating in activities, including eligible Staying Sharp challenges.

* Easily bookmark content using the My Favorites feature.

* Take advantage of easy access to the AARP Now app. This app lets users tap into news, events and savings, plus earn AARP Rewards points.

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

About Staying Sharp and AARP

Staying Sharp is an AARP program that shows you how to incorporate the six pillars of brain health into your life. Staying Sharp empowers you to develop meaningful and lasting brain-healthy practices that are based on these pillars: Be social, Eat right, Manage stress, do Ongoing exercise, get Restorative sleep and Engage your brain.

The program has received industry recognition in multiple national competitions — including the Digital Health Awards and eHealthcare Awards — earning accolades for videos, interactive content and site design.

AARP is the nation’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering people 50 and older to choose how they live as they age. With a nationwide presence, AARP strengthens communities and advocates for what matters most to the more than 100 million Americans 50-plus and their families: health security, financial stability and personal fulfillment. AARP also produces the nation’s largest circulation publications: AARP The Magazine and AARP Bulletin.

Terms of Service: https://stayingsharp.aarp.org/about/terms-of-service/
Privacy Policy: https://www.aarp.org/about-aarp/privacy-policy/

User reviews

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Pros
  • Great information for brain health and cognitive exercises.
  • Engaging games that are fun and addictive.
  • Helpful for stress relief and learning.
  • User-friendly and attractive presentation.
  • Good variety of challenges and educational content.
Cons
  • App has technical issues and bugs, such as freezing and not loading quizzes.
  • Navigation can be confusing for some users.
  • Text size and formatting problems, difficult to read on mobile devices.
  • Some features not optimized for mobile use, such as lack of landscape mode.
  • Vague error messages during the registration process.
Most mentioned
  • Technical issues and bugs.
  • Engaging and fun games.
  • Good information on brain health.
  • Confusing navigation and instructions.
  • Problems with text display and readability.
User reviews
Keeps freezing mid game or doesn't recognize all screen touches.
by Michael Pizzorusso, 2024-12-09

unable to access activity info on android phone. The reference material suggested was very technical and was not helpful in trying to understand the process suggested.
by Tom Sullivan, 2024-11-14

Not able to register. Annoying vague error message when trying to register, "Can't check the password for breach status". What in the he11 is that supposed to mean? 😖 Lazy AND Raggedy programming. 😡
by K Hicks, 2024-10-04
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