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| Preserved everyday memory in severe Alzheimer's disease | | Author(s) | Janet Cockburn, Tony Hope, Janet Keene |
| Journal title | PSIGE Newsletter, no 71, January 2000 |
| Publisher | Psychologists' Special Interest Group in Elderly People - PSIGE, British Psychological Society, January 2000 |
| Pages | pp 18-21 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Memory disorders ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Mental speed ; Testing ; Longitudinal surveys. |
| Annotation | Loss of memory is an acknowledged component of Alzheimer's disease (AD), but less is known about preserved memory skills. An augmented version of the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test (RBMT) - with scores for picture-naming, face-gender identification and cued recall of a short story - was included in a longitudinal study of cognition and behaviour in dementia. Results are reported for 48 participants (24 men) with clinically defined dementia (mean age at first visit 78 years) whose clinical diagnosis was subsequently confirmed at autopsy as AD. Throughout the study, RBMT detailed score and MMSE score declined at a similar rate, indicating that memory changes parallel those in general cognitive abilities. After 3 years (22 survivors), 9 people scored on picture recognition and 7 on face recognition, but no score was recorded for appointment, belonging or name recall items. Results indicate some preservation of everyday memory skills, despite general cognitive deterioration, suggesting that longitudinal testing of everyday memory has clinical as well as theoretical relevance. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000522222 A |
| Classmark | EA: EH: DB: DG: 3T: 3J |
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