Once upon a time, we relied on our memory to recall names of people, songs or movies that eluded us.
However hard we tried to remember that elusive memory, we just couldn’t pin it down.
And then Google came into our lives with all the answers to our questions.
There is no need now to look for a dictionary or encyclopedia now because we have recourse to Google.
Worldwide, there are nearly 47 million people living with dementia, or a loss of brain function, including memory, thinking and behaviour, according to the World Health Organisation.
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ARTICLE IN BRIEFNeurologists who specialize in end-of-life and palliative care discuss a proposal to develop an advance care directive for people with dementia.
[See “Advance Directive for Dementia” for a sample of that approach.]
HOW TO INCORPORATE INTO CAREIn interviews with Neurology Today, several independent experts in neurology and palliative care agreed with this approach, and to varying degrees, they said, they incorporate these principles into discussions with their patients.
Dr. Kluger emphasized that early and ongoing goals-of-care conversations are probably more important than “the specific piece of paper” with an advance directive for dementia.
“Every person with dementia has a different course,” he said, elaborating on its unpredictability and the difficulties of capturing all relevant scenarios in a dementia-specific advance directive.
I was trying to fold laundry but stopped, trying to remember another task I had.
Shonnette Bennett, registered nurse and account executive for Family Home Health Services, smiled back at me.
I'd been participating in a virtual dementia tour put on by Family Home Health Services at Grace Manor Assisted Living.
What does this mean for those of us not suffering from the effects of dementia or memory loss?
A second virtual dementia tour will be held for the public on May 10.
Engineering insights into brain implantsPatients suffering from brain diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's have more treatment options than ever before, thanks to medical advances in the use of brain implants.
Research from MSU's College of Engineering uncovered insights that may provide valuable design improvements for future devices.
Erin Purcell, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, and Joseph Salatino, biomedical engineering doctoral student, uncovered information about the complexities of interactions between brain implants and the cells in which they interface.
"That has created unprecedented opportunities to understand brain function and treat neurological disease or injury, including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, depression, Tourette's Syndrome, deafness, blindness, stroke and tinnitus."
Their research, published in Nature Biomedical Engineering Journal, was selected among the journal's Top 10 articles of 2017 addressing outstanding health challenges.
Using magnetic resonance imaging, researchers at the University of California, Irvine, found patterns in memory loss during two tests of memory, an object memory task and a location one.
"Object memory is far more vulnerable than spatial, or location, memory -- at least in the early stages."
Other research has shown that spatial memory and navigation problems are among problems that crop up for individuals that are progressing toward Alzheimer's disease.
During the brain scan, researchers establish a cerebral mechanism for that deficit in object memory.
Researchers want to expand their work to 150 older adults who will be followed over time.