Monthly Archives: October 2007
Multiple Memory Systems
When patients have memory complaints or when professionals discuss memory loss, it is often assumed that memory is a singular trait. In fact, however, there is increasing evidence for several types of memory. The distinction between different memory systems is … Continue reading
Proper Nutrition for Better Health
Like many Alzheimer patients, as Mr. Jones’s disease progressed, alter ations in nutrition were noticed, there was a significant weight loss. It became important to assess food likes and dislikes, to determine if he was able to feed himself, and … Continue reading
Implicit Memory – An Invulnerable System
Implicit memory appears to be the most basic memory system, and recent evidence suggests that it continues to function normally in old age, in amnesics, and perhaps in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Remember that some stimulus must be presented to … Continue reading
Legal Considerations of Alzheimer’s Patient
The author’s parents recently were in a restaurant in the small town in north Georgia where they live. As dessert came, two men approached his parent’s table. The elder of the two, always the Southern gentleman and ever gracious, complimented … Continue reading