Benefits of a regular memory follow-up

Why is it important to test your memory regularly? What are the benefits for your health?

1. The cognitive impairments present in early dementia⁽¹⁾ usually go un-noticed, even while they are causing substantial problems for the afflicted individuals and their families.
2. Even doctors frequently miss mild or even moderate cognitive problems, which can be detected by MemTrax.
3. Early and appropriate recognition of dementia can lead to treatments which may reverse the dementia, slow its progression, or prevent the development of the associated behavior problems which commonly accompany dementia.
4. When family members or care-partners have identified an individual's cognitive problems, they can make appropriate accommodations and preparations that they could not do without this information.
5. When memory is tracked regularly, the tests become better indicators of memory function and more sensitive to changes in memory function over time. Thus, early memory loss⁽²⁾ can be detected much more effectively by repeated testing over time. Only MemTrax currently offers a variety of tests that people are willing to take repeatedly and provide the capacity to detect memory changes.