Cognitive Key Question

• Key Question: "How can psychologists' understanding of memory help patients with dementia?"
• Types of Dementia: Alzheimer's, Dementia with Lewy bodies, Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease.
• Dementia: a general term for the impaired ability to remember, think, or make decisions that interferes with doing everyday activities
• Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common form of dementia, accounting for up to 70% of cases
• Lewy Body Dementia (Parkinson's) - A type of progressive dementia caused by abnormal protein deposits called Lewy bodies forming inside brain cells
• 1 in 14 people over 65 have dementia
• It is important to understand memory to prepare family to arrange care, to create a cure, to understand the disease, increase efficiency of treatment and to educate families.
• Understanding memory mean families can be educated to support family member with dementia and help them to manage their symptoms.