MORE than 60 Redlands Bridge Club members recently turned out to play a hand to help beat dementia when the club took up the NeuRA Bridge for Brains Research Challenge to raise money for research into Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
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The challenge is a national event that supports research at Neuroscience Research Australia.
The club raised almost $600 in the day-long event at Thornlands.
The money will help to support NeuRA researchers who are working on improving early diagnosis of dementia and developing treatments to prevent the disease.
Club vice-president Di Elliott said playing bridge was a good way to help keep the brain active.
"You use your brain a lot to play the game," she said.
"It's a total focus and concentration."
Di said the club was delighted to support NeuRA, as the research institute was "doing such good work in the area of Alzheimers and dementia research".
