Cognitive strategy intervention for elders living in a residential care facility.

Residential care facilities are communities for elders that encourage residents to maintain their independence for everyday activities. These individuals may experience memory dysfunction which can negatively impact their confidence and well being. Through the implementation of an intervention focusing on teaching elders strategies to improve everyday memory functioning, older adults’ knowledge of memory strategies, confidence in their memory, and quality of life may improve. The present study examines the efficacy of a five-session cognitive strategy program for elders on memory self-efficacy, quality of life, and memory strategy knowledge. The memory self-efficacy of participants of elders in the intervention group improved significantly relative to a control group. Additionally, participants’ knowledge of memory strategies improved overall after completion of this program; but no significant improvement in quality of life was observed. Such findings highlight the benefits of cognitive-behavioral interventions can for bolstering elders’ confidence and knowledge for memory strategies, thereby reducing age-related stigma.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• Vorwerk, Thomas Michael

Contributors dc:contributor

• Shelton, Jill
• Hood, Ralph W., Jr., 1942-; Scott, Cathy
• College of Arts and Sciences

• Older people -- Care
• Older people -- Mental health

Licence

• https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en

Language dc:language

English, eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/610

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1770