Sharp Again Is on the Front Line Helping People with Memory Loss
Are you curious about your own memory? Caring for someone with cognitive decline? Treating patients with memory loss?
“Our dream is to get this message out and to prevent the heartache and toll this takes on families.”
– Lisa Feiner, Co-Founder
Are You Ready to Start?
Understanding what causes memory loss makes prevention a real possibility for everyone, even those with a family history. However, it takes time to learn about the causes of memory loss, what steps you can take today, and how to get the help you need. It may seem overwhelming at first, so take your time exploring the material below.
- A New Approach for Preventing and Reversing Memory Loss – Learn about the concrete evidence that recovery from mild to moderate dementia may be possible using a different approach.
- Reversible Causes of Dementia – Learn about the Roadmap to Clarity, helpful information about each of the reversible causes of dementia created in partnership with our Medical and Dental Advisory Board
- Find the Best Practitioner for You – Learn about the options you can take to start your research into finding the best practitioner for you and/or your loved one.
- Collection of Resources – Get better informed! Check out our collection of articles, books, research, guidelines, newsletters, videos, and recipes.
- Recovery Stories – Check out these stories. A diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment, dementia or even Alzheimer’s Disease is no longer necessarily a hopeless dead end.
- Lisa Feiner, Co-Founder – Lisa shares Sharp Again’s new approach to preventing and reversing memory loss.
A New Approach – Recovery Stories
There is concrete evidence that recovery from mild to moderate dementia may be possible using a different approach. Check out these amazing recovery stories!
Anne Panson
After an ischemic stroke, Anne, 86, was placed into Hospice care. Her medical team tells the family “Medically, there is nothing more we can do.” An MRI shows brain shrinkage. Anne’s medical team diagnoses “terminal vascular dementia” and gives her less than 2 weeks to live. Anne can’t move anything but her eyes and mouth and she can turn her head 45 degrees. She knows no one. She sleeps 18+hrs/day. Learn more about Anne’s story.
Dr. Shanhong Lu
I was young, strong, and—I thought—invincible until about ten years ago when I started noticing an obvious decline in my intellectual function, energy, and short-term memory. I noticed a shift after a few small, seemingly insignificant head and neck injuries coupled with daily stress from running around between the hospital and my practice. I couldn’t read a one-page article, much less a book. I couldn’t remember which patients I saw on a given day and had to constantly write down clues and notes. I also developed brain fog and significant fatigue in the afternoon and other symptoms typical of thyroid, adrenal, and gender hormone dysfunction. Learn more about Dr. Lu’s story
Harold
About eight years ago, when I was 52, I started feeling foggy and had occasional lapses in memory. My wife, Mary, started to notice it, too, but I also have hearing issues so she thought that was the problem. My memory worsened very gradually over the years, and we lived with it, compensating as needed. I became less social. After about five years, it got to the point where we couldn’t keep making excuses or ignoring it. I had gone from doing our grocery shopping without a list to going with a list, to having the list but not buying what was on it. Learn more about Harold’s story.
Explore Our Website
We have articles, research, and even recipes. Also, attend one of our upcoming events where we share a wealth of information about our new approach.
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“Stay Sharp Throughout Your Life”
Scarsdale Adult Education,
Tuesday October 2nd 7:30pm-9:30pm
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Who Does Sharp Again Serve?
INDIVIDUALS – As we age, most of us have memory lapses at one time or another that give us pause but are often caused by stress or trying to do too many things at once. However, if you’ve noticed a gradual worsening of your memory, there may be one or more specific causes that can be evaluated and treated.
CAREGIVERS – As a caregiver for a friend or loved one who is having memory issues, you may be feeling hopeless, scared, and, at times, angry. You may also be frustrated by the traditional medical care that offers little in the way of treatment except for a prescription that may have limited effectiveness. There is an alternative way of looking at your loved one’s memory loss that is filled with hope and possibility.
PRACTITIONERS – As a medical professional, seeing a patient with the unmistakable signs of Alzheimer’s and dementia may put you in a quandary. You wish you could do more than prescribe a drug that has been shown to have limited effectiveness, but you don’t know what other treatments might be available. None of our tools are a substitute for professional medical treatment. SAN realizes that everyone’s body is unique, so no set of rules can possibly be right for every person. Our goal is to help to facilitate the conversation about treating dementia among dementia patients, their families, and their healthcare practitioners.
