Get Your Aging Parent's Memory Evaluated

People with memory loss often refuse to see a doctor. So how important is it for them to go and get medically evaluated? Geriatrician Leslie Kernisan, MD, explains 6 ways the memory loss evaluation will help the older person and their family. Plus, the most common memory loss tests for elders and what to know if you’re hoping to get a diagnosis for possible Alzheimer’s.
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Video Chapters:
00:00 How Important is it to Get a Memory Loss Evaluation
00:45 How important is it for my aging parent to see a doctor?
02:22 Why aging parents might resist diagnosing memory loss
04:00 Benefit #1: Objectively document memory loss & cognitive symptoms
04:26 About the Mini Mental Status Exam and other cognitive tests
05:27 Benefit #2: Identify & treat causes of memory loss
06:43 Benefit #3: Make doctors aware so medical care can be modified
06:55 How memory loss affects medical care
07:51 Benefit #4: To start the 6-12 month Alzheimer’s diagnosis process
08:46 Benefit #5: To help step in for ADL, IADL, & safety problems
10:00 Benefit #6: Objective information helps resolve family disagreements
11:29 Reasons to get a memory loss test for elderly
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Leslie Kernisan, MD MPH, is a practicing geriatrician and the founder of the popular aging health website and podcast BetterHealthWhileAging.net, which she created to help families and older adults learn better ways to manage aging health challenges. Additionally, she is a Clinical Instructor in the Division of Geriatrics at UCSF.
Dr. K is particularly interested in the practical challenges that families face when caring for aging parents, including how to help them age in place. She has been running “Helping Older Parents” online courses and group coaching programs since 2018, and is the author of the book “When Your Aging Parent Needs Help: A geriatrician's step-by-step guide to memory loss, resistance, safety worries, and more.”
Dr. K and her team of expert geriatric care managers currently provide ongoing support and guidance to families dealing with memory loss and Alzheimer’s through her latest online course, Helping Older Parents with Memory Loss.
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⏱ Video Chapters:
00:00 How Important is it to Get a Memory Loss Evaluation
00:45 How important is it for my aging parent to see a doctor?
02:22 Why aging parents might resist diagnosing memory loss
04:00 Benefit #1: Objectively document memory loss & cognitive symptoms
04:26 About the Mini Mental Status Exam and other cognitive tests
05:27 Benefit #2: Identify & treat causes of memory loss
06:43 Benefit #3: Make doctors aware so medical care can be modified
06:55 How memory loss affects medical care
07:51 Benefit #4: To start the 6-12 month Alzheimer’s diagnosis process
08:46 Benefit #5: To help step in for ADL, IADL, & safety problems
10:00 Benefit #6: Objective information helps resolve family disagreements
11:29 Reasons to get a memory loss test for elderly

[@waqar3669]

Thank you for such informative video. I really hope no one ever find one’s parents in such condition.

[@BetterHealthWhileAging]

Well, for the time being, it's likely that there will always be someone finding their parent has developed memory loss. But hopefully it won't be you or anyone close to you.

[@youngnephtheism7537]

I've noticed the gradual change in my mother's memory she has noticed it as well but doctor told her she was fine however I know that something isn't right she is reluctant to make another appointment is there any advice you can give me

[@BetterHealthWhileAging]

Yes, unfortunately, it's common for doctors to wave off this type of concern. I explain how to work around these types of common obstacles in my book, "When Your Aging Parent Needs Help": www.amazon.com/Aging-Parent-Needs-Step-Step/dp/173615320X. You can buy it online or get it from the library.