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