Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) causes a slight but noticeable and measurable decline in cognitive abilities, including memory and thinking skills. A person with MCI is at an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s or another dementia.
At our office, you will be given one or more of the professionally accepted tests to assess what kinds of cognitive problems you may have. While these tests are not definitive, they help identify if you have one of the dementias (disease) or some other kind of cognitive problem (lifestyle).
Cognition refers to conscious mental activities, such as:
Thinking, understanding
Learning, remembering
Reasoning, judgement
Language
Balance, spacial-visual
If your cognitive test indicates you have some problems with memory or understanding, the results may indicate what kinds of problems they are, and therefore what areas of the brain may be affected.
A questionable score on a test of Mild Cognitive Impairment does not necessarily indicate you have dementia or some other brain problem, but it is a warning that, at the date and time of the test, you experienced some problems.
Further tests to determine which disease.
See the different tests we offer here..
Support groups. For both caregiver and patient, support groups offer invaluable
information and a sense of community.
See more about support groups here.
Lifestyle changes can slow the progression of the disease. Many people have
shown marked better memory with lifestyle changes, extending quality of life.
See our Lifestyle program page here.
Even if your memory issues are within the range of “normal,” lifestyle changes
often help.
See our Lifestyle Program page.
As many as 80% of people with MCI can result in dementia. Now is the time to act. Alzheimers has no cure.
Right now, prevention is the best and only alternative. Talk with us about the
lifestyle changes you can make to greatly improve your risk of NOT getting
dementia.
See our Lifestyle Program page.
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