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AUGUSTA — Lithgow Public Library will host “The Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease,” at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 31.
The program is free and open to the public.
Memory loss can affect anyone. This informative program, led by representatives from the Alzheimer’s Association, will focus on what everyone needs to know about memory loss issues and what they mean. Topics include:
* Symptoms and effects of Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia;
* How Alzheimer’s affects the brain; * Causes and risk factors;
* How to find out if it’s Alzheimer’s disease;
* The benefits of early detection;
* How to address a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease;
* Stages of the disease; * Treatment;
* Hope for the future;
* Ways the Alzheimer’s Association can help.
For more information on this and other upcoming events, call the library at 207-626-2415 or visit www.lithgow.lib.me.us.
For additional information on the Maine chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, visit www.alz.org/maine/.
