Every Healthcare provider can name a dozen behaviors that negatively impact your cognitive function, such as smoking, drinking too much alcohol, social isolation, and a sedentary lifestyle. Addressing these modifiable risk factors that negatively impact your cognitive function can help preserve your memory and optimize your cognitive health.
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Ask your healthcare provider to test your cognitive function to establish a baseline with a validated cognitive assessment and retest annually to assess for cognitive decline. Cognitive assessments are a covered benefit by Medicare and most insurance companies.
Ask your healthcare provider to develop a cognitive care plan to identify treatable medical conditions that may be contributing to your cognitive decline. This is also a covered benefit which includes education on the lifestyle modifications you can make to optimize your cognitive health.