Self Exam to Diagnose Alzheimer's

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Test Your Memory for Dementia in 15 Minutes (SAGE)

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How to Understand the Difference Between Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease

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Our goal is to understand what risk factors are present in each individual and create a plan that best helps them reduce their risk and make appropriate plans for the future.

Neurologist David Geldmacher, M.D., who leads the University of Alabama at Birmingham memory disorders program, sees a lot of older patients with memory loss, dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.

One of the questions frequently asked of him by the caregivers of these patients, often a spouse or the patients’ adult children, is

“could this happen to me?”

“It is very common for family members of a patient receiving a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or other form of dementia to wonder about their own risk.” 

15-minute online test for dementia

SAGE is a brief self-administered cognitive screening instrument to identify Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and early dementia. 

Average time to complete the test is 10 to 15 minutes.

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