Where did I put my glasses? The lived experience of older adults seeking medical help for perceived memory problems

Rotenberg, Shlomit; Sternberg, S.; Maeir, Adina

doi:10.1080/09638288.2019.1602849

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“…The more memory related mistakes older adults reported in their everyday life, the more withdrawal they reported from participation daily activities. Similar findings have been reported in qualitative studies of older adults who experience cognitive problems including declines in daily activities, changes in life roles and loss of independence (40,41). Similar to Montejo et al (42), we found a significant relationship between subjective memory and IADL functioning.…”

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Changes in Activity Participation Among Older Adults With Subjective Cognitive Decline or Objective Cognitive Deficits

2020

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Participation in daily activities is crucial for healthy aging. There is limited research on participation of older adults with subjective cognitive decline (SCD), defined as the experience of cognitive deficits with no evidence of objective cognitive deficits. Therefore, this study examined perceived changes in participation in this population, and compared it to perceived changes reported by individuals with objective cognitive deficits. The study aimed to: (1) examine the reported changes in activity participation of older with SCD; (2) investigate differences in the reported changes in participation between individuals with SCD and those with mild or severe objective cognitive deficits;(3) examine the relationship between activity participation, subjective memory, and objective cognitive status; and (4) explore whether subjective memory explains additional variance in activity participation after accounting for age and objective cognitive deficits. Participants were 115 older adults (60+), divided into three groups based on their Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores: (1) SCD (MoCA≥26; n = 66); (2) mild objective cognitive deficits (MoCA = 20-25; n = 34); and (3) severe objective cognitive deficits (MoCA≤19; n = 15). The Activity Card Sort was used to measure participation in instrumental activities of daily living, social, and leisure activities. The Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire-Ability subscale was used to assess subjective memory. We found that individuals with SCD, mild cognitive deficits and severe cognitive deficits reported participation withdrawal to a level of 80, 70, and 58% of their past participation, respectively. A significant between group difference was found on participation [χ 2 (2) = 16.44, p < 0.01], with the SCD group reporting higher participation than the other two groups. Participation significantly correlated with both cognitive status (r = 0.40, p < 0.01) and subjective memory (r = 0.45, p < 0.05). A regression analysis revealed that subjective memory contributed significantly to the explained variance in participation, beyond that accounted for by objective cognitive deficits and age. Our findings demonstrate the important role of subjective memory problems in activity participation of older adults, even in the absence of objective cognitive deficits.

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Changes in Activity Participation Among Older Adults With Subjective Cognitive Decline or Objective Cognitive Deficits

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“…Finally, a consensus was reached with additional, supervising authors. The flexibility of this approach allowed for unexpected issues to emerge from the narratives without the use of a structured hypothesis guided by the literature ( 86 , 87 ).…”

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Conflicts Between Women's Religiosity and Sense of Free Will in the Context of Elective Abortion: A Qualitative Study in the Worst Period of Italy's COVID-19 Crisis

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This qualitative study considers the relationship between abortion, bereavement, and the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown nine women who had undergone an elective abortion, which is voluntarily termination of a pregnancy at the woman's request. These women were interviewed in three time points (1 month, 6 months, and 1 year after the event) to consider the possible evolution of their experience. The third phase was concurrent with the COVID-19 pandemic and particularly with Pope Francis's Easter declaration against abortion. All the interviews were conducted and analysed through qualitative research in psychology. Results showed that the abortion experience led to physical, relational, and psychological suffering, similar to perinatal grief. Participants were non-practising Catholics and religiosity did not help them to overcome their sorrow. Though religiosity is a possible resilience factor in other stressful conditions, in this case it is a factor that aggravated suffering. Finally, we discuss the difficulties experienced by Catholic women who choose to have an abortion and assert the necessity of psychological and spiritual interventions to support these women.

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“…All reminder systems help to record and check events across time to prevent forgetting certain things, appointments, and birthdays. 31,33,35,[37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46]48,63 Reminders are typically analoge. Only two studies, one with OA 38 and one with people with mild dementia, 48 report the use of reminder systems on technical devices (e.g.…”

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“…Meaningful links can be created between everyday objects like a wallet or keys and a consistently used, dedicated storage place. 46 Reminders located in the environment help when trying to remember things to bring. 37 Linking items to a dedicated storage place reduces the need to "go looking for" misplaced items and enables to act spontaneously.…”

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Coping strategies for memory problems in everyday life of people with cognitive impairment and older adults: A systematic review

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Hofbauer

Rodriguez

2022

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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Objectives Dealing with memory loss is a major challenge for older people. Coping strategies for memory problems could enable cognitively impaired people to live independently for longer. We conducted a systematic review to summarize evidence on coping strategies for older people and people with cognitive impairment to stabilize everyday life functioning. Methods We systematically searched the databases PubMed, PsychInfo, Scopus and WebofScience using a well‐defined search string. Studies were included if they were published between January 1990 and February 2021 and written in English, German, Spanish, French, or Swedish language. Two blind researchers independently checked the studies for inclusion and exclusion criteria and evaluated the quality of the studies using Critical Appraisal Skills Programme—checklists. Evidence was summarized in a narrative synthesis. Results A total of 16 relevant studies with adequate quality were identified. These studies reported on three categories of strategies: external, internal, and behavioral coping strategies. External strategies included reminder systems and integrated features in the environment and were used by people with and without cognitive impairments. Internal strategies such as visualization, verbalization, active remembering, and systematic thinking were reported less often by people with cognitive impairment than those without cognitive impairment. Behavioral strategies such as reducing expectations and acceptance of support was most frequently reported by people with cognitive impairment. Conclusions The findings of our systematic review show a great number of coping strategies, which seem to depend on cognitive status. Appropriate training tools incorporating these strategies should be developed.

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Where did I put my glasses? The lived experience of older adults seeking medical help for perceived memory problems

Cited by 25 publications

References 24 publications

Changes in Activity Participation Among Older Adults With Subjective Cognitive Decline or Objective Cognitive Deficits

Changes in Activity Participation Among Older Adults With Subjective Cognitive Decline or Objective Cognitive Deficits

Conflicts Between Women's Religiosity and Sense of Free Will in the Context of Elective Abortion: A Qualitative Study in the Worst Period of Italy's COVID-19 Crisis

Coping strategies for memory problems in everyday life of people with cognitive impairment and older adults: A systematic review

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