Once-Weekly Spaced Retrieval Training Is Effective in Supporting Everyday Memory Activities in Community Dwelling Older People with Dementia.

GERIATRIC assessment; ATTENTION; CAREGIVERS; COGNITIVE therapy; DEMENTIA; FAMILIES; LIFE skills; LONGITUDINAL method; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests; EVALUATION of medical care; MEMORY disorders; MEMORY in old age; MOTIVATION (Psychology); HEALTH outcome assessment; STATISTICAL sampling; STATISTICS; U-statistics; DATA analysis; ACTIVITIES of daily living; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; EDUCATIONAL attainment; TREATMENT effectiveness; INDEPENDENT living; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; OLD age

This study describes the effectiveness of spaced retrieval training undertaken by 13 community-dwelling participants with dementia to help them remember personally relevant information or strategies during once-weekly sessions. At the completion of training sessions 12 participants correctly recalled and demonstrated appropriate use of the to-be-remembered information or strategy. At a 6-month follow-up assessment, five participants could still correctly recall and use the information or strategy and a further two, who were unable to correctly recall trained information, were nonetheless demonstrating usage in their daily activities. Acquisition, but not retention, of the to-be-remembered information was positively associated with Mini-Mental State Examination, Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test, and several domains of the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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