Detection and management of memory impairment

1. A system for providing reminding assistance, comprising:

at least one processing component;

at least one memory component; and

a memory impairment detection and assistance environment, comprising:

a memory impairment and detection (MID) data structure;

a reminding database;

an analysis module, comprising:

an attribute analyzer configured to determine, based on MID data, values for one or more attributes; and

a memory evaluator configured to determine that at least one attribute from the one or more attributes has a value that crosses a threshold attribute value;

a data collector configured to select, from the MID data structure, MID data related to the at least one attribute, and add the selected MID data to the reminding database; and

an assistance module, comprising:

an information locator; and

a reminding assistant configured to:

receive a memory impairment signal;

in response to the receiving, send a request to the information locator to obtain information from the reminding database; and

generate a reminder that includes the information obtained from the reminding database.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the memory evaluator is further configured to determine, based on the values of the one or more attributes, a level of memory impairment for a designated user.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data collector is a component of a collection module, and wherein the collection module further comprises:

a conversation tracker configured to collect conversation data; and

a content extractor configured to extract the MID data from the conversation data in real time.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the MID data includes the memory impairment signal.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the data collector is further configured to:

update the MID database with the extracted MID data.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more attributes are selected from a group consisting of frequency of object misplacement, number of missed appointments, difficulty in recognizing family and friends, difficulty in following directions, difficulty in completing a sentence or remaining on topic, confusion about time or location, confusion about people, difficulty in remembering names of common objects or well-known places, and difficulty in remembering names of close associates.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more attributes are selected from a group consisting of word specificity, richness of vocabulary, syntactic complexity, word or phrase repetition, number of incomplete words, and number of filler words.

8. A computer program product for providing reminding assistance, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause a device to perform a method comprising:

determining, based on memory impairment detection (MID) data, values for one or more attributes;

determining that at least one attribute from the one or more attributes has a value that crosses a threshold attribute value;

selecting, from a MID data structure, MID data related to the at least one attribute;

adding the selected MID data to a reminding database;

receiving a memory impairment signal; and

generating, in response to the receiving the memory impairment signal, a reminder that includes information selected from the reminding database.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising determining, based on the values of the one or more attributes, a level of memory impairment for a designated user.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:

recording conversation data;

extracting MID data from the conversation data in real time; and

updating the MID data structure with the extracted MID data.

11. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the MID data includes the memory impairment signal.

12. The computer program product of claim 10 , further comprising:

selecting MID data from the extracted MID data related to the at least one attribute; and

updating the reminding database with the selected MID data from the extracted MID data.