Understanding of memory

2. WHAT IS DEMENTIA?
DEMENTIA IS A LABEL FOR A CLUSTER OF SYMPTOMS INVOLVING DETERIORATION OF FUNCTION WITH
RESULTING CHANGES IN BEHAVIOURS THAT INTERFERE WITH THE ABILITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO FUNCTION
INDEPENDENTLY IN EVERYDAY LIFE.

3. IS IT A DISEASE?
• •DEMENTIA IS NOT A DISEASE BUT CONDITION THAT RESULTS FROM ANY OF SEVERAL NEUROLOGIST
DISEASE, E.G. ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AFFECTS AREAS OF THE BRAIN THAT PREVENTS THE ABILITY TO
LEARN NEW INFORMATION, USE LANGUAGE.
• •IT IS A KEY QUESTION FOR SOCIETY BECAUSE DIAGNOSIS FOR PEOPLE HAVING DEMENTIA IS
INCREASING.
• •DEMENTIA COSTS £23 BILLION A YEAR AND MOSTLY NEED FULL TIME CARE.

4. UNDERSTANDING STM AND LTM.
• •THEY FORGET WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD BECAUSE THE MEMORY WAS NOT ENCODED THEREFORE NOT
STORED.
• •SO ITS IMPORTANT TO BE VERY SPECIFIC WHEN TALKING OR ASKING QUESTIONS SO INSTEAD IS
SAYING: HAVE YOU HAD A VISITOR TODAY? PSYCHOLOGIST SUGGEST, 'HAS YOUR DAUGHTER, JEAN , BEEN
TO VISIT YOU?
• ALSO USING PICTURES, COLOURS CAN HELP WITH MEMORIES.

5. WORKING MEMORY SUGGESTS:
• DIFFERENT TASKS ARE DONE AT THE SAME TIME, (BADDELEY) WHICH IS DIFFICULT FOR SOMEONE WITH
DEMENTIA.
• UNDERSTANDING BARRETT'S RECONSTRUCTIVE THEORY OF MEMORY IS ALSO USEFUL, IF MEMORIES ARE
RECONSTRUCTED USING SCHEMES THEN SOMEONE WITH DEMENTIA WHO SEEMS TO BE SAYING
SOMETHING BUT IT IS ALL MIXED UP MIGHT BE USING MIXED SCHEMES AND MUDDLED EPISODIC
MEMORIES.
• SO IT'S ADVISED TO LISTEN CAREFULLY, ASK LIMITED QUESTIONS BUT FOLLOW THE THOUGHT PROCESS.

6. VIDEO
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