Glossary

The aim of a supportive, well designed and appropriately modified "prepared environment' allows the person to be as independent as possible, inviting their engagement, supporting their interests and catering to their individual needs. Whether it be in the home...

Spaced Retrieval is an evidence-based therapy technique to improve procedural memory. It has been proven especially effective in helping people with Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, traumatic brain injury, and aphasia. Spaced Retrieval training g...

Dementia is a general term for a collection of symptoms caused by disorders affecting the brain. It effects memory, language, problem-solving and other thinking abilities interfering with normal daily life.  Many different conditions can cause dementia...

Alzheimer's Disease is the most common form of dementia. It is a physical brain condition resulting in impaired memory, thinking and behaviour. It disrupts the brain’s neurons, affecting how they work and communicate with each other. A decrease of importa...

Vascular dementia is a form of dementia caused by brain damage resulting from restricted blood flow in the brain. It affects someone’s thinking skills: such as reasoning, planning, judgement and attention. Changes in skills and abilities are significant enough...

Lewy body disease is a term that incorporates both Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies, which share similarities in the ways by which they both damage the brain at the cellular level and in the symptoms a person may experience. Lewy bodies are mi...