METEOROLOGIST MARCUS BAILEY
ONLY ON WISH TV.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO
WELCOME DR. MARY GILLIES.
HELLO, MARY.
HI.
OH, KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
CHATTING ABOUT TODAY.
OK, SO TODAY WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT ALL SIMERS DISEASE AND
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE KNOW IT'S A PROGRESSIVE
DISEASE.
OUR BRAIN FUNCTION DECLINES.
THERE IS NO CURE BUT THERE IS A
LOT OF PROMISING RESEARCH AND
POTENTIAL TREATMENTS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
DEFINITION FROM THE MAYO CLINIC
BRAIN CELL CONNECTIONS.
AND IT SELLS THEMSELVES TO
GENERATE AND DIE EVENTUALLY
DESTROYING MEMORY AND OTHER
IMPORTANT MENTAL FUNCTIONS.
MEMORY LOSS AND CONFUSION ARE
THE MAIN SYMPTOMS.
NO CURE EXISTS BUT MEDICATIONS
AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES MAY
TEMPORARILY IMPROVE SYMPTOMS.
I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN JUST
QUICKLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA.
EVERYBODY GETS DEMENTIA, RIGHT?
JUST LIKE OUR OTHER ORGANS ARE
THINGS DECLINE BUT NOT
EVERYBODY PROGRESSES TO
ALZHEIMER'S.
ALL IT'S EVERYBODY GETS A SENSE
OF LOSING THEIR MEMORY OR KIND
OF GET CONFUSED IN THAT SENSE
BUT IT DOESN'T EVENTUALLY
PROGRESSED ALZHEIMER'S.
SO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT PEOPLE
WHO MIGHT BE PROGRESSING
TOWARDS THE DISEASE.
BUT THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING
INTERESTING THERE.
THERE ARE SYMPTOMS THAT WE CAN
PAY ATTENTION TO THAT PEOPLE
ARE PROGRESSING TOWARDS THIS
DISEASE OR IT'S IT'S COMING AND
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IN TERMS
OF NOT JUST THE PERSON WHO MAY
BE EXPERIENCING IT BUT LOVED
ONES SO THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO
PREPARE THEMSELVES.
AND ALSO WE KNOW EARLY
INTERVENTION RESULTS ARE
OUTCOMES.
YES.
RIGHT.
SO WE KNOW THE EARLIER WE KNOW
WE CAN HAVE A BETTER.
OK, SO THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW.
SO WE HAVE THE FIRST THING THAT
WE HAVE ACCORDING TO SAY OK, A
NUMBER ONE DIFFICULTY COMING UP
WITH NAMES.
THE RIGHT WORD WHEN INTRODUCED
TO NEW PEOPLE.
ALSO CONVERSATIONS REPEATING
QUESTIONS OR PHRASES STORIES IN
THE SAME CONVERSATION SAYING I
DON'T KNOW IF I SAID THIS OR
YOU SAID YOU ALREADY TOLD ME
THAT HE TOLD ME THAT LOSING
TRAIN OF THOUGHT OR DIFFICULTY
ORGANIZING WORDS INCORRECT
COHERENTLY AND IN SENTENCES.
THAT'S SORT OF THE FIRST THING
DIFFICULTY SORT OF ARRANGING
SENTENCES AND IT MEANS A BIG
THING.
OK.
OK, SO YOU WANT TO PAY
ATTENTION TO THAT.
OK.
BEING LESS TALKATIVE.
SPEAKING LESS OFTEN.
OK.
BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME
SPEAKING PROFANITIES OR USING
OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE.
OK.
WITH SOMEONE DOESN'T LIKE THAT.
AND YOU START TO HEAR SOMEONE
START TO SPEAK THAT WAY.
YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO YOU
KNOW, LISTEN UP AND PAY
ATTENTION AND THAT'S SORT OF A
CLUE.
WITH THAT SPEAKING LESS MAYBE
SPEAKING ABOUT PROFANITIES,
RELYING ON MORE GESTURES IN
TERMS OF BECAUSE THE VERBAL IS
STILL THERE BUT IT'S NOT BEING
ABLE TO COME OUT OF PROCESS.
YES, EXACTLY.
EXACTLY.
OK.
SO ALSO WE HAVE DIFFICULTY IN A
NOISY ENVIRONMENT, DIFFICULTY
CONCENTRATING IN A NOISY
ENVIRONMENT, TALKING TO OTHER
PEOPLE.
OK.
SORT OF FORGETTING WHAT PEOPLE
SAY AND SORT OF NOT BEING ABLE
TO HAVE THAT CONCENTRATION.
OK.
AND THEN FORGETTING MATERIAL
THAT ONE HAS JUST READ LOSING
SOMETHING IS PLACING SOMETHING
WHERE I JUST PUT IT WHERE DID
WE ALL DO THAT OK?
WE ALL DO THAT.
OK.
I JUST WANT TO SAY DON'T YOU
KNOW DON'T WORRY RIGHT ANYMORE.
WE LOSE OUR KEYS, LOSE OUR
WALLET ALL THE TIME.
BUT THAT'S JUST AN EARLY
SYMPTOM THAT SOMETHING MAY BE
COMING UP AND THEN INCREASED
TROUBLE WITH PLANNING OR
ORGANIZING.
SO TAKING LONGER TO PERFORM
TASKS DIFFICULTY COMPLETING
TASKS LET'S SAY LIKE WRECKED
RECIPES OR ANYTHING THAT SORT
OF SHOULD COME NATURALLY TO YOU
SORT MEETING INSTRUCTIONS AGAIN
AND EVEN LOOKING AT THE
INSTRUCTIONS HAVING TO GO BACK
AND FORTH AND STILL NOT BE ABLE
TO PROCESS IT.
ABSOLUTELY.
THE LAST THING IS MEMORY LOSS.
SO ANYWAY I'M SORRY.
GO AHEAD.
NO, NO, NO.
I WAS SAYING THAT THESE ARE ALL
SO GOOD TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I
THINK ESPECIALLY WITH OUR LOVED
ONES THAT WE LOVE SO MUCH AND
THEY MIGHT BE GETTING MORE
SEASONED.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THESE
CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE I KNOW WE
TOOK CARE OF MY GRANDFATHER AND
YOU KNOW HE HAD THIS AND SO WE
UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, OK,
THERE'S A CERTAIN WAY WE HAD TO
HANDLE THEM WITH CARE.
RIGHT.
BECAUSE HE'S TRYING HIS BEST.
AND I THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR THE
CARETAKERS OUT THERE.
ABSOLUTELY.
FOR THE CHECK HERE CARETAKERS
AS WELL.
RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT BE COMING
IF WE GET A DIAGNOSIS THAT WE
CAN PREPARE OURSELVES VERY
DIFFICULT TO.
I'M SURE IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT
FOR YOU.
ABSOLUTELY.
AND I THINK KNOWING EARLY LIKE
YOU SAID, EARLY INTERVENTION
MIGHT JUST HELPED OUTCOMES LIKE
YOU WERE SAYING.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE KEEP
PEOPLE FROM PANICKING WHEN THEY
SEE SOME OF THESE THINGS
HAPPENING TO THEM.
LIKE YOU MIGHT COME IN SPURTS
LIKE SOME OF THOSE THINGS BUT
MAYBE IF IT'S NOT ALTOGETHER
YOU DON'T WORRY.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL SEE WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE