The Kickstart step includes strategies and resources to:

• Comfortably initiate one or a series of brain health–focused conversations.
• Describe modifiable risk factors for dementia and strategies people can use to support brain health.
• Ask individuals about their memory and cognition.
• Actively listen for concerns expressed by patients and their families about memory and cognitive, behavioral, or functional symptoms.
• Consider the role of sensory impairment in patient communication.
  
• Alert and teach members of the health care team and office staff to observe patients for signs and symptoms of cognitive impairment.
• Understand various ways to identify indicators of cognitive impairment.