In association with Keep Memory Alive, the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health offers medical, psychological and social services for persons suffering from cognitive loss disorders.

The “cognitive loss disorders” can be most easily recognized as the disorders which cause memory loss, but there are other groups of cognitive functions, called “domains.” Other cognitive domains include language skills, visual spatial skills, frontal lobe skills such as judgment and wisdom, and many others. Some diseases affect these non-memory cognitive domains more so than memory.

Although Alzheimer’s disease and its related disorders are the most common of the diseases we evaluate and treat, there are many other causes of cognitive loss, such as Parkinson’s disease, depression, head trauma, vascular disease of the brain, and others. We work with patients and families suffering from these diseases as well.

Our standard diagnostic evaluation includes:

• neuropsychiatric medical examination
• laboratory tests
• brain MRI
• cognitive function evaluation

Based on the results, we chart an individualized treatment plan for each person, and do our best to carry out the plan. Our treatment plans consist of a variety of therapeutic modalities including medications, cognitive rehabilitation, physical exercise, and psychiatric treatments.

To schedule an appointment at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center, please contact 702-483-6000.