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What are the core components of effective memory interventions?
-Compensatory strategies
-Psychoeducation
-Practical skill building
-Shared experience
-Personalised
What can we provide a simple model of in psychoeducation?
A model of memory process - encode, store, retrieve. Working out which part of the model is impacted, and how we can improve it.
What are the two ways that managing memory problems can be grouped as?
- Reducing memory load
- Internal strategies
What are some ways to reduce memory load?
-Organise the environment
-External memory aids (paper/electronic)
-Develop routines/habits
What are 3 methods to improve internal strategies for memory?
-PQRST
-Association
-Spaced retrieval
Why is the where important as a strategy for learning new information?
Should be comfortable with limited distractions. Pick a place then associate a task with this place.
Why is the when important as a strategy for learning new information?
Everyone learns differently depending on the time of day.
What is PQRST an effective study technique for learning new information?
P - preview the material
Q - Question what you want to learn. Write these down.
R - Read the section
S - Summarise what you have learned, with reference to questions
T - Test yourself, see what you have learned.
How does the evidence based strategy, association, work as an effective memory technique?
-Link new information to things you already know
-Use rhymes, stories, create acronyms
-Reflect on how the information builds on what you already know
-More novel associations - easier to remember
-Visualisation
What is spaced retrieval as an evidence based technique to learn information?
-A simple technique
-Remember important information for very long periods
-Information to be recalled is repeated at progressively lengthened intervals
-Active retrieval of information
-If error made, feedback provided and interval shortened
-Minimal cognitive effort, spontaneously used
Face to face memory interventions for older adults are effective. However, what are some issues we may have?
Resource and access barriers. (even more so during pandemic)
What are 2 different solutions to the resource and access issues in interventions for older adults?
- Telehealth
- Online memory strategy training intervention for older adults
What is LaTCH?
Memory management group intervention. Manualised, 6 week group 2 hour group. Middle-older aged participants. Semi-structured. Psychoeducation and therapy (CBT approach).
What is actually some of the strategies that Latch aims to teach?
-Understanding memory
-Reduce memory load
-Specific “internal” strategies
-Practice
What did the 2020 LaTCH Telehealth Adaptation study find?
Study was feasible and acceptable (participants liked that they could do in their own environment), and efficacious (strategies worked for participants).
