MHME 018: Memory Loss Test: Why You Should Check Your Risks For Memory Loss [Yearly] with David Norris Memory Health Made Easy

A personalised memory loss test should be done every year.
The sooner you test your risk factors for memory loss, the sooner you can respond.
When drastic changes are already happening, it becomes harder to correct.
Do you know someone who’s had a sudden change, almost as if they flipped over..
You can be caught off guard and surprised.
Wondering what caused all of this to happen and why did it happen.
You can pull out all of your hair trying to get to the bottom of it.
Go to so many doctors. Do so many tests, bloodwork, scans, the works.
But it’s all just a way to eliminate what it isn’t. 
Even with all the research and evidence we have, the picture we have is still incomplete.
Yet, it doesn’t mean we should wait and let things get worse.
Appreciate the complexity of the mechanism of memory loss then ACT
Prevention is still best.
If you’ve listened to my other episodes, you know I’ve talked about how lifestyle choices play a role.
How you live your life, when it comes to exercising, sleeping, and eating can either harm or help your memory health later.
You can choose to make positive changes or continue down the path of memory decline.
Part of proactively choosing health includes identifying your risks.
If there is a framework that lets you check the areas associated with memory loss as you get older.
Then you can keep tabs on your memory health.
You can compare whether there are changes that would later lead to dementia.
A memory loss test should be done every year.
Think of it as part of your annual physical. I know, I know.
But shouldn’t it be?
You’re probably already used to doing the tests regularly required at work. Why shouldn’t you also include checking your memory health?
Memory loss is one of the reasons affecting older people’s ability to live a happy life.
If that’s a future you want to avoid, then a test must be done. 
Be active and take charge of your memory health.
Avoiding memory loss is a possibility. All it takes is for you to choose. 
In today’s show, you will find out the risks for memory loss and get a personalised view on where you stand through a memory health checkup.
Episode Highlights
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About Our Host David Norris is an occupational therapist who has been in this practice for 20 years.
He has dealt with a lot of clients who seek help with their memory loss problems. David began asking himself about how these people can get ahead of these problems. It is then that he started teaching his clients how to improve their brain health to prevent memory loss.
David Norris is also the director and founder of Occupational Therapy Brisbane.
 
Personalised Memory Loss Health Test The Approach For Testing Memory Health Different lenses and different frames of reference are used when diagnosing the cause of an illness or disorder. Tests and doctor consultations are done to rule out what an illness isn’t. Your body influences the performance of your brain. There are so many things happening that it can be difficult to pinpoint which influences one over the other. It is your basic nature to group things or cluster things together.  Context, environment, and other variables drive how we look at things. It is the fault of thinking things in boxes. A more global or holistic understanding that looks at many different systems and moving parts is needed to reduce your risk for memory loss. There are likely other factors that impact memory health that we don’t know yet. Benefits Of Getting A Personalised Memory Loss Test Things are complicated when it comes to memory health. The risk factors for late onset dementia includes a lot of factors associated with increasing one’s risk.  The APOE gene puts people at higher risk for developing dementia. L