Memory problems

Useful contacts
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has a useful factsheet on memory problems. It has useful tips on coping with forgetfulness. Alternatively, write to: Leaflets Department, Royal College of Psychiatrists, 17 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PG UK, enclosing an A5 sae.
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinformation/olderpeople/memoryanddementia.aspx

The Alzheimer’s Society in the UK has an excellent website with a number of factsheets and many pages of information about dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, and how they differ from normal forgetfulness. Write to: Alzheimer’s Society, Gordon House, 10 Greencoat Place, London, SW1P 1PH, UK. Tel: 020 7306 0606
www.alzheimers.org.uk/
www.alzheimers.org.uk/Facts_about_dementia/factsheets.htm

The Alzheimer’s Association in the USA has an informative website, which includes a page listing the ten warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease. Write to: Alzheimer’s Association, 225 North Michigan Avenue, Floor 17, Chicago, Illinois 60601, USA.
www.alz.org
www.alz.org/AboutAD/Warning.asp

American Academy of Family Physicians has a web page on “Memory Loss and Aging: What’s Normal, What’s Not?”.
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/seniors/common-older/124.html