Neurodegenerative diseases that affect memory

This video will give you some appreciation of the experience of Alzheimer’s, a neurodegenerative disease that affects the memory of sufferers. This provides an overview and introduction to the disease, showing its progression through the brain and the effects of damage on various parts of the brain.

This website is the home of Alzheimer’s Australia and provides a number of useful resources:

http://www.alzheimers.org.au

This download provides a checklist of the changes to memory and to cognitive functions that are associated with Alzheimer’s Disease.

http://www.alzheimers.org.au/upload/Worried.pdf

The video below provides an account of the stages of Alzheimer’s disease and is a useful sequel to the one above.

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