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| Memory awareness in nursing home residents | | Author(s) | Graham J McDougall |
| Journal title | Gerontology, vol 44, no 5, September-October 1998 |
| Pages | pp 281-287 |
| Keywords | Memory and Reminiscence ; Cognitive impairment ; Depression ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The study's aim was to compare cognition, depression, health, and metamemory (capacity, change, locus, and strategy) in 106 residents (aged 79-87) of 6 nursing homes. They included 31 with cognitive impairment, 19 depressed, 34 mixed with both cognitive impairment and depression, and 22 controls. Cognitive function was measured with the Mini Mental State (MMSE); depression with the Geriatric Depression, and metamemory with the Metamemory in Adulthood scales. Anyone scoring <15 on the MMSE was excluded. In this sample, 61% were cognitively impaired; however, only 12 had a diagnosis in their records indicating cognitive disturbance. 43 were depressed. The correlations between depression and capacity, change and locus were significant. The controls were significantly younger than the cognitively impaired group, and also had higher perceived health status than the cognitively impaired or depressed groups. However, the mixed group's perceived health status scores were significantly higher than the depressed group's scores. Although information on the aetiology of cognitive impairment was not available, the author believes that quantitative methods for examining memory awareness is important in making informed treatment decisions. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990120240 A |
| Classmark | DB: E4: ENR: KX: LHB: 7T |
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