"... anthu ayenera kuyang'ana, anthu ayenera kudziwa, palibe choipa kuposa anthu omwe sakudziwa za vuto ..."

Lero ndawerenga nkhani yotchedwa "'Ayi' pakuwunika kwa dementia kudziko," ndipo ndidadabwa kuwerenga momwe matenda a dementia sakuwonetsedwera ngati gawo la zowunikira za NHS ndipo zikuwoneka kuti izi sizingasinthe posachedwa. Blog iyi ndi kupitiliza kwa kuyankhulana kwathu kwa Alzheimer's Speaks, koma ndidafuna kugawa ndime imodzi iyi kuti nditsindike kufunikira kwa kuyezetsa kukumbukira komanso chifukwa chake ndikofunikira kuti tipitilizebe kuzindikira za Alzheimer's. Zifukwa zomwe zidalembedwa zosafuna kugwiritsa ntchito zowunika za dementia ndi: kuyezetsa kosakwanira komanso chithandizo chosagwira ntchito. Ife, kuno ku MemTrax, sitinathe kutsutsa zambiri. Onani zinthu zodabwitsa izi kuzindikira koyambirira kungathe kuchita, tsamba la Alzheimer's Prevention limatchula osachepera 8! Jeremy Hughes, Chief Executive at the Alzheimer's Society limati: “Aliyense wodwala dementia ali ndi ufulu wodziwa za vuto lake ndi kulimbana nalo mosalekeza.” Mukuganiza chiyani? Kodi kuwunika kwa dementia kuyenera kukhala mu ofesi ya madotolo pambali pa thermometer ndi makapu a kuthamanga kwa magazi?

Dr. Ashford :

Tili ndi pepala lotuluka mu Journal of the American Geriatrics Society posachedwapa za Tsiku la National Memory Screening. Ndikufuna kuwona Alzheimer's Association ndi Alzheimer's Foundation of America bwerani patsamba lothandizira pano ndikuthandizana chifukwa pakhala mikangano yayikulu ngati kuyang'ana kuli kovulaza kapena mwanjira ina kugwetsera anthu panjira yowopsa. Koma ndakhala wochirikiza kwa nthawi yayitali, anthu ayenera kuyang'ana, anthu ayenera kudziwa, palibe choipa kuposa anthu omwe alibe chidziwitso cha vuto; Choncho, timalimbikitsa kuzindikira.

Sonyezani Kuti Mumasamala

M'kati mwa izi, monga momwe anthu amadziwira, kuposa momwe mabanja awo amatha kuwonongera chuma chawo ndikukonzekera ndipo tawonetsa kuti tikhoza kuwachotsa anthu m'chipatala ndikupereka chithandizo chokwanira ndipo ngati ayamba kudzisamalira okha, ife amatha kuchita zinthu monga kuchedwetsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa okalamba, pali maphunziro angapo omwe awonetsa izi. Koma zomwe tawonetsedwa ndi National Memory Screening Day ndikuti anthu amabwera ali ndi nkhawa chifukwa cha kukumbukira kwawo ndipo timawayesa. 80% ya nthawi yomwe timanena kuti kukumbukira kwanu kuli bwino, aliyense akuda nkhawa ndi kukumbukira kwawo, mumaphunzira kudandaula za kukumbukira kwanu za kalasi yachiwiri kapena yachitatu pamene simukumbukira zomwe aphunzitsi amakufunsani kuti muzikumbukira, kotero moyo wanu wonse mumakumbukira. akuda nkhawa ndi kukumbukira kwanu. Malingana ngati mukuda nkhawa ndi kukumbukira kwanu mumakhala bwino, mukasiya kudandaula za kukumbukira kwanu pamene mavuto ayamba kukula. Timatha kuuza anthu kuti kukumbukira kwawo sikuli vuto nthawi zambiri, pali chiwerengero chowonjezeka cha anthu omwe ali ndi nkhawa chifukwa cha kukumbukira kwawo komwe kumakhala ndi vuto lalikulu la kukumbukira. Popeza anthu ali ndi vuto lalikulu la kukumbukira zinthu zoyamba zomwe amaiwala ndikuti satha kukumbukira zinthu. M'lingaliro limenelo matenda a Alzheimer ndi achifundo kwa munthu amene ali nawo koma tsoka lathunthu kwa anthu omwe akuyesera kuyang'anira munthuyo.

Dziwani momwe thanzi lanu laubongo likuchitira mwachangu, zosangalatsa, komanso zaulere MemTrax. Pezani zigoli zanu zoyambira pano kuposa kulembetsa ndikuyang'anira zotsatira zanu mukamakalamba.