A Test for Alzheimer’s

October 29, 2020 by jas

A quick note: Accepting the Gift of Caregiving is not a medical site.

Filmmaker, David Hoffman has made this video available online. He created it to give a sense of what a similar test might be like when you take it. It does not tell you how you will do in such a test.

Watching this initial type Alzheimer test has been known to reduce fears of talking to a doctor, but IS NOT THE SAME AS SEEING YOUR DOCTOR. Please see your doctor to seek a professional diagnosis.

Just like results from a yearly physical exam, a test for Alzheimer’s informs doctors of the status of a patient’s health.

David Hoffman video

This is a clip from a documentary from David Hoffman, made in support of nurses and nurse practitioners.

Your answers to any questions can only be evaluated by a qualified medical professional.

It won’t hurt…in this video, a nurse practitioner helps her patient learn if he might be beginning to have memory loss…these are the type of questions some medical professionals ask to discover a patient’s status with respect to memory loss.

From the results the doctors can determine what other tests are needed to confirm a diagnosis. Discovering ‘what is going on’ is a process that takes time. Many times, this is how it begins.

See also Signs of Dementia page on this site.