Based at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Providence Cognitive Assessment Clinic offers clinical and brain imaging assessments of each client’s cognitive complaints (such as memory loss, concentration problems or changes in problem-solving abilities). Our team includes experts in neurology, neuroimaging, neuropsychology and cognitive rehabilitation. We provide diagnosis and treatment plans for early changes in cognition associated with aging and brain injury.

Providence Cognitive Assessment Clinic is actively engaged in clinical tirals to slow patient’s memory decline and maintain cognitive health. Treating more than 700 patients a year, Providence Cognitive Assessment Clinic cares for more patients with memory disorders than any other health system in Oregon.

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"Living with Dementia" seminar helps families, caregivers
Caring for someone who has Alzheimer's disease or other memory loss conditions can be overwhelming. On Saturday, June 7, Spectrum Elder Services and Providence Health & Services will present a seminar to give families and caregivers practical answers to the challenges they face.

Do you know the signs of early cognitive decline?
Nearly five million people in America suffer from Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Twice that number may have mild cognitive impairment (MCI) – a condition marked by deficient memory but no difficulty with independent living. People who have MCI transition to AD at a rate of twelve percent to fifteen percent per year. If, however, there is tissue loss in a region of the brain called the hippocampus, that rate of transition doubles to more than thirty percent.

Learn more:

• Healthwise medical reference library:Confusion, Memory Loss, and Altered Alertness
• Healthwise medical reference library:Dementia
• View images of brain scans showing normal brain tissue compared with tissue affected by Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia.

Are you at risk?
Fill out this “Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR)”. How to use this quiz: If any of the descriptions listed on the CDR quiz seem to fit you, give yourself the number of points assigned to that statement (for example, if you see "CDR 0.5" next to a statement that describes you, give yourself 0.5 points). If your total number of points for the quiz is equal to or greater than 1.5, there is cause for concern. Talk with your doctor about contacting Providence Cognitive Assessment Clinic for an evaluation.