With any memory disorders, MedStar Health’s multidisciplinary neurology and neuropsychology teams evaluate patients for:
- Memory loss
- Language confusion
- Neuropsychological dementia
- Cognitive, behavioral, and physical impairments
We also offer the following services:
- Diagnosing dementia versus normal age-related cognitive changes, depression, or other medical conditions
- Diagnosing cognitive disorders, conversion disorders, factitious disorders, and malingering
- Assessing and tracking dementia progression
- Evaluating patient’s ability to consent to treatment, make medical decisions, or provide self care
- Evaluating return-to-work capacity, including determining disability status and developing reasonable accommodations
And we educate patients, families, and caregivers on:
- Managing cognitive changes associated with aging
- Teaching memory and problem solving strategies in early stage dementia and other neurologic diseases
- Health promotion for smoking cessation or to change eating, exercise, and alcohol use patterns
- Behavior management for behavioral disturbances associated with cognitive and/or personality deterioration
- Self-regulation, stress management, and relaxation training
- Psychotherapy to improve adaptation to chronic medical illness and cognitive disability
