Free Memory Screenings Can Help Detect Alzheimer’s Sooner

Did you know that November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month? Well, one group wants all of you to remember it.

Remember Together is an organization focused on early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s through a huge social media campaign. The idea is simple: recreate a photo from your past.

But people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s are robbed of these beautiful memories.

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Think back to a time in your life that still brings a smile to your face years later. Most of us have at least one of these moments. But people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s are robbed of these beautiful memories.

When you recreate a photo of that time you covered the kitchen floor in flour after trying to bake your first cake, you take yourself back to the feelings of that moment. When you recreate a photo of your parents and you playing in the sand at the beach, you take everyone back to that feeling.

Instead, it’s about treasuring the memories you have, knowing that many people are not so lucky.

Recreating photos through Remember Together is not just about looking back and seeing how far you have come, although that is pretty amusing in itself. Instead, it’s about treasuring the memories you have, knowing that many people are not so lucky.

Taking the photo is only part one of the process. The most important part is the free memory screening the organization provides.

If you have a family history of Alzheimer’s, or even if you’re just curious about the state of your memory, check out one of the organization’s free memory screening centers near you.

You can’t wish Alzheimer’s away, so making the most of it and getting an early diagnosis is the best you can get.

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The idea behind this campaign is similar to recent techniques that try to take the stigma away from the disease. You can’t wish Alzheimer’s away, so making the most of it and getting an early diagnosis is the best you can get.

One group does this through improv. They fight against forcing people who have dementia to remember what day it is or the name of the president. Instead, they go with the flow of the disease, allowing people diagnosed with it to express themselves through acting and comedy that has no real storyline.

The effects of Alzheimer’s often show up long before an official diagnosis. That’s why early detection through memory tests can be a great benefit to people who are most at-risk for developing the disease.