There are lots of things you can do to help you remember. Medication is available to help with the symptoms and may slow the progression of the disease. If you suspect that someone you love is suffering from a form of dementia, contact your primary care physician for a screening.
If your loved one’s forgetfulness is compounded with such things as complications completing mundane tasks, problem solving, understanding spatial relationships or change in mood and behavior then it may be a more serious form of memory impairment. However, this is not the case of everyone. Misplacing reading glasses, forgetting names or having a lot of “senior moments” is nothing more than an annoyance for many aging adults. A very small percentage of seniors over 65 have Alzheimer's, but this percentage increases to almost 30% once you reach 85 according to the Medical College of Wisconsin.įorgetfulness is often a normal part of aging. Of course many of us worry that having difficulty remembering something might be the beginning of Alzheimer's. Memory loss in most cases is not serious. People with mild cognitive impairment often have mild memory difficulties but usually no other sign of Alzheimer's. Once you get to thinking about the things you can't remember it seems this happens more often than when you were younger and this is true. Some of our loss of memory is real and some is imagined. As we get older we have more and more "senior moments". The good news is that senior moments don’t generally impair functioning, even though we ourselves feel embarrassed.Seniors, and their families are always concerned: Is it a “senior moment” or is it the beginnings of Alzheimer’s. One which I distinctly recall is his reference to the Australian Prime Minister as that fella down under instead of Scott Morrison. The US President is well known for his many gaffes and senior moments. compensate by using lists and other memory aids, use mnemonics when you suddenly remember the elusive word, repeat it several times to reinforce your memory –reduce multi-tasking, do one thing at a time inability to do tasks that require concentration and planning Other symptoms pointing towards dementia include: Only worry when you don’t notice that you have forgotten, when you are unaware of a failing memory. In other words, when you forget that you have forgotten. However, it is being unaware of memory loss that is an indicator of dementia. There is a possibility that when senior moments become very frequent, they can be signs of cognitive impairment, which can progress to dementia. Memory loss is one of the key symptoms of dementia. Senior moments can start as early as 40 years of age. The scientific name is literal paraphasia.Īre senior moments a precursor of dementia? A synonym for senior moment is brain fart, don’t ask me why. This term was probably first used in 1996. These temporary mental lapses, mental glitches, momentary forgetfulness, are known as senior moments. This illusive name or word suddenly jumps up at you when you least expect it, and when you are not thinking about it. forgot your PIN or postal district number, even though you use them frequently? your elephant memory can decline with age
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