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| Coping with forgetfulness group | | Author(s) | Jane Barton, Charlotte Piney, Meg Berg |
| Journal title | PSIGE Newsletter, no 77, July 2001 |
| Publisher | Psychologists' Special Interest Group in Elderly People - PSIGE, British Psychological Society, July 2001 |
| Pages | pp 19-25 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Memory disorders ; Group work ; Psychiatric treatment ; Day hospitals. |
| Annotation | A therapeutic group (comprising 6 women and 1 man) aimed at coping with the experience of forgetting, was run for 7 weeks at Grenoside Grange Day Hospital. Each session lasted 1.5 hours, the following themes and topics being covered in the first half of each: an introduction; causes of memory problems; understanding why people forget; identifying how one's life has changed; changes to social life and activities; worries and concerns about the future; and a review and summary. The final part of each session focused on identifying memory aids and memory coping strategies. Other points of interest, concern and questions emerged from discussions, including: attendance at the day hospital; memory problems as a normal consequence of ageing; the role of the family; independence versus dependency; feelings associated with having memory problems; and other worries and concerns. Evaluation and feedback indicate that the group achieved its aims, in particular, the transfer of memory coping information back into the home environment. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010905209 A |
| Classmark | EA: DB: EH: IGG: LP: LDD |
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