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This post ICU information Sheet was developed by Dr Mary Summers and Dr Noelle Blake, both are Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologists, at the Maudsley Hospital part of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Neuropsychology and Neuropsychiatry Service. It explains the memory difficulties that patients have after critical illness and offers some strategies for managing these problems. There are links to other website that focus on memory services to support patients, relatives and...
Brain injury can challenge every aspect of your life – walking, talking, thinking and feeling – and the losses can be severe and permanent. It can mean losing both the life you once lived and the person you once were. We all think 'it will never happen to me', but every year around 350,000 people are admitted to hospital with an acquired brain injury. That's one every 90 seconds. A brain injury can happen to anyone, at any time. When it does, Headway is here to...
Memory difficulties after critical illness are common and can last beyond the 1st year back home. There are community and hospital based services to help assess and management these memory issues. In the community, there is Lambeth and Southwark Mind who work across both boroughs to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, they offer a number of activities from peer support groups to an information line. Their mission is to provide free,...
It is very common for patients who have been seriously ill to report that they are more forgetful. It usually affects short-term memory, for examples, forgetting conversations from the morning or when you walk into a room you cannot remember why you went there. For older patients, memory difficulties often can affect daily life before ICU and after critical illness this can get worse. These memory problems will improve over time, but it can takes several months to 1-2 years and...
Memory difficulties after critical illness are common and can last beyond the 1st year back home. There are community and hospital based services to help assess and management these memory issues. In the community, there is Lambeth and Southwark Mind who: work across both boroughs to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, we offer a number of activities from our peer support groups to an information line. Our mission is, to provide free,...
Patient - Family brochure from the Montreal Cognitive Assessment testing www.http://www.mocatest.org
Founded in 1996 as the Sleep Apnoea Trust Association, a charitable incorporated trust. A patient support charity run mainly by volunteer patients On 1st July 2021, the former charity closed and was relaunched and modernised as The Sleep Apnoea Trust, a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). Mission Statement: Working to improve the lives of sleep apnoea patients, their partners and families We are completely independent WE ARE THE PATIENT’S VOICE
The Southwark and Lambeth Integrated Memory Service (SLIMS) offers comprehensive assessment, treatment and support options to anyone over the age of 18 with mild to moderate memory problems likely to indicate dementia. Our multidisciplinary team, work in collaboration with the Alzheimer's Society. We offer a comprehensive assessment package based on the principles of recovery and are committed to supporting carers of people with dementia. Following assessment, we coordinate...
Cognitive (memory) changes can affect the way we think, remember, communicate, make decisions and cope with stress. If we understand these changes, we can learn to cope positively with them and adjust how we learn and carry out activities. The leaflet attached has useful information about what memory difficulties and how to manage these symptoms.