Memory Training for Severe Memory Loss: Effects on Senile Dementia Patients and Their Families.

Zarit, Steven H.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ268027

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1982-Aug

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Memory Training for Severe Memory Loss: Effects on Senile Dementia Patients and Their Families.

Zarit, Steven H.; And Others

Gerontologist, v22 n4 p373-77 Aug 1982

Tested use of visual imagery for overcoming memory loss in community-living older people with evidence of senile dementia. Patients and caregivers were randomly assigned into one of three training conditions: didactic, problem-solving, or wait list. Recall performance was somewhat improved for subjects in the didactic group. (Author)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dementia, Family Involvement, Imagery, Memory, Older Adults, Physical Disabilities, Problem Solving, Training Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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