There are many ways to assist persons who have memory loss,including techniques to aid memory and helpful products,one can purchase or make at home.Devices and techniques should ofcourse be tailored to suit the individual.

The home will be more familiar if the furniture and other items are not rearranged. Small modifications to trigger memory can also be useful. For example checklists can help a person remember to do cetain tasks. Homemade labels can also help people to remember the contents of cabinents, drawers, and closets.

Forgetting every day things like time of day, month ,and year,can be increasingly frustrating for both patient and caregiver.It's helpful to display a digital clock and easy to read calendar.Identification should be carried on the person at all times.

Portable phones are helpful if a person is lost, and needs information quickly. Small recorders can be pre-recorded with helpful messages. Timers with memo recorders can be especially useful for a person who can't recall what he initially set a timer for.

Being a caregiver for someone with Alzhimer's and other forms of dementia can be very challenging and often frustrating. Here are some things that caregivers can do to lesson that frustration.Small home modifications can help trigger memory, but the overall physical enviornment should stay the same. Maintaining the same daily schedule of activities can help a person to recognize the pattern of routine and even anticipate a future activity.

Keeping heavily-traveled areas in the home well-lit, espcially at night, can help prevent injury. Regular medical check-ups are also important for those with dementia.

Simplify your speech when talking to a person with dementia. This will prevent confusion.Cueing a person to what you are doing is also helpful. For example, a caregiver might say "we are in the kitchen to make lunch". A caregiver can also cue a person with memory loss when activities are over. A "wander alert" system can keep a person with memory loss from wandering away. It constantly tells the caregiver the location of the person who tends to wander off. Similarly, a "wander alarm" device goes off when someone leaves a home.