Preserving memories to maintain cognitive health

Unique OHSU program strives to forestall memory loss through walking and reminiscing in north and northeast Portland

By Erik Robinson November 22, 2017 Portland, Oregon

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(Left to right) Bernadine Clay, Vickie Naylor and Donna Maxey read a memory prompt as they take part in the Sharing History through Active Reminiscence and Photo-Imagery (SHARP) study, September 20, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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Bernadine Clay takes part in the Sharing History through Active Reminiscence and Photo-Imagery (SHARP) study, September 20, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

SHARP study aims to improve memory

Participants in the Sharing History through Active Reminiscence and Photo-Imagery (SHARP) study. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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Vickie Naylor (left) and Bernadine Clay review the walking route as they take part in the Sharing History through Active Reminiscence and Photo-Imagery (SHARP) study, September 20, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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Photos and memory prompts engage participants in the Sharing History through Active Reminiscence and Photo-Imagery (SHARP) study. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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(Left to right) Bernadine Clay, Vickie Naylor and Donna Maxey walk past Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School and discuss times they were discriminated against as children, one of the memory prompts in the Sharing History through Active Reminiscence and Photo-Imagery (SHARP) study, September 20, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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(Left to right) Vickie Naylor, Bernadine Clay, and Donna Maxey look over the walking route as they take part in the Sharing History through Active Reminiscence and Photo-Imagery (SHARP) study, September 20, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Sharing History through Active Reminiscence and Photo-Imagery

Participants look over the walking route as they take part in the Sharing History through Active Reminiscence and Photo-Imagery (SHARP) study, September 20, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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(Left to right) Vickie Naylor, Bernadine Clay, and Donna Maxey read a memory prompt as they take part in the Sharing History through Active Reminiscence and Photo-Imagery (SHARP) study, September 20, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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(Left to right) Vickie Naylor, Bernadine Clay, and Donna Maxey share childhood experiences as they take part in the Sharing History through Active Reminiscence and Photo-Imagery (SHARP) study, September 20, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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(Left to right) Bernadine Clay, Donna Maxey and Vickie Naylor take part in the Sharing History through Active Reminiscence and Photo-Imagery (SHARP) study, September 20, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Raina Croff, Ph.D.

Raina Croff, Ph.D., assistant professor of neurology at OHSU. (OHSU)

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Donna Maxey reads a memory prompt as she takes part in the Sharing History through Active Reminiscence and Photo-Imagery (SHARP) study, September 20, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

SHARP study aims to improve memory

A sample of the memory prompts used in the Sharing History through Active Reminiscence and Photo-Imagery (SHARP) study, September 20, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)