Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Memory Screening


Do this in memory of my Grandma, and do this because it's
beneficial! More than 50,000 Americans who have memory
concerns or want to have a point of comparison for the future
are expected to take advantage of free, confidential memory
screenings at more than 2,000 community sites nationwide on
November 17. An annual initiative of the Alzheimer's Foundation
of America, National Memory Screening Day is the focal point of
the organization's efforts to promote early detection of memory
problems, including Alzheimer's disease (It is estimated that
missed diagnoses of dementia are greater than 25 percent of the
cases and may be as high as 90 percent). Memory screenings can
reassure the healthy individual, promote successful aging and
can be a first step toward a proper diagnosis if scores
are below normal. Aging baby boomers especially are prime to
take advantage of this free community resource. For more
information visit,  http://nationalmemoryscreening.org.