Coping with memory difficulties

By Johnson Mbabazi

Memory problems are frequently related with neurological conditions. It is possible to reduce everyday memory problems through such measures as by-passing or avoiding problems through environmental reformation or finding alternative ways to remember through the use of external memory helps or enabling memory impaired people to make more efficient use of their residual (albeit damaged) skills. Memory impaired people and their families may also cope better with their difficulties if they are provided with information about (1) the nature of memory impairment, (2) why certain problematic behaviours occur, (3) what to expect in the future, and (4) self help and support groups for both the memory impaired person and the carers. Although some improvement in memory functioning may occur in the early stages for those without degenerative diseases, and some head injured individuals may continue to improve over a long period, it is unrealistic to expect that the majority of memory impaired people will recover. Memory can be regarded as composed of three stages namely, input, storage and retrieval .Some researchers believe amnesia is a deficit of input (or encoding), others states that it is primarily a deficit of storage and others argue it is a deficit of retrieval.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1710659092
• ISBN13: 9781710659092
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"