Why only last few minute memories disappear

[Chris100]

Things spoken in last few minutes are most vulnerable to be forgotten.
Any strategies for this?

 

[canary]

"Why only last few minute memories disappear"

This might help

Dementia bookshelf analogy - Abacare Blog

The Jersey Alzheimer’s Association is expanding people’s knowledge of dementia with its ‘bookshelf model analogy’ to help people understand the condition.

abacare.org.uk

Im afraid that there isnt much you can do about it. All you can do is tell them about things as you need them to know them. And just accept that anything you say will get forgotten.

 

[nitram]

Here's a video explaining the bookcase analogy referred to by @canary

It also explains that there is another stronger bookcase where emotions are stored, unlike memory recent emotions are not lost.

 

[Chris100]

"Why only last few minute memories disappear"

This might help

Dementia bookshelf analogy - Abacare Blog

The Jersey Alzheimer’s Association is expanding people’s knowledge of dementia with its ‘bookshelf model analogy’ to help people understand the condition.

abacare.org.uk

Im afraid that there isnt much you can do about it. All you can do is tell them about things as you need them to know them. And just accept that anything you say will get forgotten.

Thanks for that