{"id":310,"date":"2010-12-01T12:35:05","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T12:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=310"},"modified":"2024-08-28T16:10:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T15:10:12","slug":"7-other-ways-to-help-memory-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=310","title":{"rendered":"Other things which may affect memory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\"\n\t\t\tid=\"fm_strategies_memory_v3_TFM_1413462236\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"flashmovie\"\n\t\t\twidth=\"750\"\n\t\t\theight=\"550\">\n\t<param name=\"movie\" value=\"wp-content\/uploads\/strategies_memory_v3_TFM.swf\" \/>\n\t<!--[if !IE]>-->\n\t<object\ttype=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"\n\t\t\tdata=\"wp-content\/uploads\/strategies_memory_v3_TFM.swf\"\n\t\t\tname=\"fm_strategies_memory_v3_TFM_1413462236\"\n\t\t\twidth=\"750\"\n\t\t\theight=\"550\">\n\t<!--<![endif]-->\n\t\t\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adobe.com\/go\/getflashplayer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/images\/shared\/download_buttons\/get_flash_player.gif\" alt=\"Get Adobe Flash player\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mental training<\/strong> There is some evidence that mental training may improve alertness and attention. Give the brain a work out by doing simple mental tasks, mental arithmetic, crosswords, sudoku puzzles. Listening to music may also be beneficial if the person has communication or eyesight problems and cannot manage other tasks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Physical activity<\/strong> can also help by improving blood flow and oxygen levels in the brain.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Depression or stress<\/strong> can indirectly affect memory or the ability to use existing memory.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Infection or other illness<\/strong> this can affect the mental ability temporarily.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pain<\/strong> can be a powerful distraction and a block to memory tasks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Medication<\/strong> Some forms of medication can cause confusion as a side effect in certain people. Check with a doctor or pharmacist if you suspect the person\u2019s memory has suddenly deteriorated after taking a new medication.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dehydration <\/strong>can cause confusion especially in elderly people. Most of us need about 6 cups of tea, coffee, juice or water a day- more in hot weather.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t<!--[if !IE]>-->\n\t<\/object>\n\t<!--<![endif]-->\n<\/object>\n<div id=\"accordion\" class=\"textAlt\">\n<p class=\"expand\"><a href=\"#\">View Text Alternative<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"expand\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mental training<\/strong> There is some evidence that mental training may improve alertness and attention. Give the brain a work out by doing simple mental tasks, mental arithmetic, crosswords, sudoku puzzles. Listening to music may also be beneficial if the person has communication or eyesight problems and cannot manage other tasks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Physical activity<\/strong> can also help by improving blood flow and oxygen levels in the brain.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Depression or stress<\/strong>\u00a0 can indirectly affect memory or the ability to use existing memory.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Infection or other illness<\/strong> this can affect the mental ability temporarily.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pain<\/strong>\u00a0 can be a powerful distraction and a block to memory tasks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Medication<\/strong> Some forms of medication\u00a0can cause confusion as a side effect in certain people. Check with a doctor or pharmacist if you suspect the person\u2019s memory has suddenly deteriorated after taking a new medication.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dehydration <\/strong>can cause confusion especially in elderly people. Tea and coffee can contribute to dehydration by making you visit the toilet more often. You should aim to alternate with water or juice, at least 6 cups a day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For more information please see:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chss.org.uk\/documents\/2022\/09\/chronic-pain-essential-guide.pdf\"> CHSS: Chronic Pain\u00a0 <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chss.org.uk\/documents\/2013\/08\/e3_healthy_eating.pdf\">CHSS: Healthy Eating<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chss.org.uk\/documents\/2013\/12\/e2_essential_guide_healthy_weight_pdf.pdf\">CHSS: Healthy Weight\u00a0 <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chss.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/E6-Mental-Wellbeing-WEB-1.pdf\">CHSS: Mental Wellbeing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chss.org.uk\/documents\/2013\/08\/e5_physical_activity.pdf\">CHSS: Physical Activity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View Text Alternative Mental training There is some evidence that mental training may improve alertness and attention. Give the brain a work out by doing simple mental tasks, mental arithmetic, crosswords, sudoku puzzles. Listening to music may also be beneficial &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=310\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[170,128,171,148,142,173,172,138,169],"class_list":["post-310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-practical-memory","tag-dehydration","tag-depression","tag-infection","tag-medication","tag-memory","tag-mental-training","tag-pain","tag-physical-activity","tag-stress"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=310"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6829,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310\/revisions\/6829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}