Understanding Alzheimer's
Learn to recognize the early signs of Alzheimer's, communicate with empathy, and understand the brain changes behind the disease. Gain practical tools to support loved ones with clarity and dignity.
Like Duolingo, but for Understanding Alzheimer's. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
A short one: 12 levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes end to end, roughly 5 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Recognizing and Responding and The Science and Daily Support. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Understanding Alzheimer's
- Normal aging involves losing track of an item but remembering its function and retracing steps
- Alzheimer's causes individuals to forget the purpose of everyday objects or place them in bizarre locations
- Alzheimer's damages the brain's ability to store and encode new information first
- Long-term memories established decades earlier are stored across broader brain networks and remain intact much longer
- Normal aging might lead to missing an exit or momentary distraction, quickly corrected
- Alzheimer's disrupts internal spatial maps, causing genuine disorientation in places known for decades
- Alzheimer's often impairs executive function—such as tracking steps in a lifelong recipe or balancing a checkbook—before total memory failure
- Struggling to follow an ordered routine indicates executive planning difficulties caused by early Alzheimer's changes
- Taking longer to read fine print or occasionally needing help with new technology is typical aging, not a sequential planning breakdown
- Alzheimer's physically alters brain regions that regulate mood, motivation, and trust
- Paranoia (like believing someone stole an item) and apathy are neurological symptoms of Alzheimer's, not intentional stubbornness or personal malice
- In Alzheimer's, contradicting a person's perceived reality triggers intense fear and grief
- Acknowledging the emotion behind the words (like missing family or wanting to care for someone) makes them feel safe and heard
- Insisting that their mother passed away forces them to re-experience profound grief as if for the first time
- Open-ended questions like 'What do you want to eat?' overload impaired processing in Alzheimer's
- Offering two visual or concrete options (like soup or a sandwich) allows the person to make their own decision without confusion
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Understanding Alzheimer's the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
Which of these situations suggests an early sign of Alzheimer's rather than typical aging?
Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.
Where Understanding Alzheimer's takes you
- 1
Recognizing and Responding
- Spotting Signs Beyond Normal Aging
- Communicating with Compassion
- 2
The Science and Daily Support
- What Happens Inside the Brain
- Creating a Calm Daily Rhythm
2 sections · 4 units · 12 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
Tomo is in ChatGPT
Tomo is also a ChatGPT plugin: the same playable courses, built and played inside your chat.
Add Tomo to ChatGPT- What to ask
- “Make me a Tomo course on black holes.” “Turn this chat into a Tomo course.”
- What you get
- Quick questions with instant feedback, hearts and stars, ready to play in about a minute.
- Where it goes
- No sign-up to start. Connect your Tomo account and your streak carries on in the app.
You pick the voice
Understanding Alzheimer's is taught in the Professor style: clear, structured, thorough. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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