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Unit 3: Learning and Memory

How Does Memory Change in Older Age?

2.1 How does Alzheimer's affect memory?

This activity will provide some illustration of the loss of memory when people suffer from age-related degenerative brain diseases such as Alzheimer's, which seriously impacts people’s ability to recall memories.

Watch this video,  "People with Alzheimer's tell us memories they don't want to forget" by CUT (opens in a new tab), which eloquently and movingly conveys what it is like for people who suffer from this disease to try and remember. (If you would like to watch this video with closed captions, please switch these on in the YouTube player by selecting this icon icon - box with lines

When watching this video, note down three key aspects that particularly strike you about these people talking about their memories.

  1. In view of the theme of this unit, also take some notes to outline what you could learn from the video with a view to helping your senior learners recall and preserve memories?

  2. Then compare your notes with the model answer.