TORONTO card players will be using their noodles when they participate in the 10th annual Bridge for Brain Research Challenge this weekend.
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Toronto Bridge Club members will donate their table fees this Saturday, May 4 to raise money for the Alzheimer's disease and dementia research conducted by Neuroscience Research Australia.
Neuroscience Research Australia CEO Professor Peter Schofield endorses bridge as an ideal activity to keep the mind active.
The latest statistics show more than 321,600 Australians live with dementia, including one in every four people over the age of 85.
Without a medical breakthrough, the number of people with dementia is expected to hit 900,000 by 2050.
Estimates calculate that dementia's total direct health and aged-care system expenditure on people with dementia in Australia was at least $4.9 billion in 2009-10.
Toronto club members get together up to three times a week to maintain their brain fitness at Toronto Multi Purpose Centre.
Toronto's oldest member Elsie Jenkinson, aged 100, plays every Thursday.
She said she enjoyed the social aspect of the game the most.
■ Go to www.toronto. bridge-club.org for more information.
