Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health to Hold Free Memory Screenings
WHAT: In honor of November as National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, individuals can take advantage of free, confidential memory screenings at National Memory Screening Day, an annual initiative of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) to promote proper detection of memory problems. A memory screening consists of questions and tasks to assess memory. It does not diagnose any illness, but can indicate whether someone should pursue a follow-up medical exam.
The Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health provides state-of-the-art care for cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, multiple sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia, and for the family members of those who suffer from them. The physicians and staff work toward the development of early diagnosis and the advancement of knowledge concerning mild cognitive disorders, which could one day delay or prevent their onset.
Preregistration for this event is recommended at http://www.keepmemoryalive.org/2013screening
WHEN: Tuesday, November 19, 2013
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
WHERE: Keep Memory Alive Events Center
Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
888 W. Bonneville Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89106
DETAILS: Available to all attendees:
- Free confidential memory screenings by clinical staff
- An interpretation of memory screening test score
- Educational resources about Alzheimer’s disease and brain health
WHY: National Memory Screening Day serves as a starting point for discussions about memory concerns and lifestyle changes—diet, managing stress, physical and mental exercise—that may help people age successfully.
- Dementia is an umbrella term describing a variety of diseases and conditions
- Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia
- As many as 5.1 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease
- One in nine people, ages 65 and older has Alzheimer’s disease
- Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in America
About Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health:
Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health provides state-of-the-art care for cognitive disorders and for the family members of those who suffer from them. The physicians and staff at the Center for Brain Health continuously work towards the development of early diagnosis and the advancement of knowledge concerning mild cognitive disorders, which could one day delay or prevent their onset. Patients receive expert diagnosis and treatment at the Center for Brain Health, which offers a multidisciplinary patient-focused approach to diagnosis and treatment, promoting collaboration across all care providers, offering patients a complete continuum of care and infusing education and research into all that it does. The facility, designed by Frank Gehry, houses clinical space, a diagnostic center, neuroimaging rooms, physician offices, laboratories devoted to clinical research and the Keep Memory Alive Event Center. For more information, visit http://www.clevelandclinic.org/brainhealth and http://www.keepmemoryalive.org