Digital Reminders for Everyday Activity Memory (DREAM): Initial results from a needs assessment study
E. C. Sanders, S. Zhang, W. R. Boot
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AbstractProspective memory, the ability to remember to execute an intention in the future, is crucial for the performance of many everyday tasks important for independent living (Beaver & Schmitter-Edgecombe, 2017). Age-related changes can result in prospective memory failures (Kliegel et al., 2016), and these failures can be even greater for individuals with cognitive impairments due to mild cognitive impairment (MCI), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and stroke (Schmitter-Edgecombe et al., 2009; Wong Gonzalez & Buchanan, 2019). Prospective memory failures are associated with worsening health, financial hardship, social withdrawal, and isolation. Prospective memory impairments are frustrating, both for the older adult living with cognitive impairment and their care partners (Smith et al., 2000). The first goal of the Digital Reminders for Everyday Activity Memory (DREAM) project is to establish proof of concept for an adaptive cognitive aid to support the prospective memory of older adults with various cognitive impairments. To this end, needs assessment activities were conducted to establish the most common and significant prospective memory challenges faced by older adults with cognitive impairment.Keywords: prospective memory, cognitive impairment, needs assessment
E. C. Sanders, S. Zhang, W. R. Boot (2022). Digital Reminders for Everyday Activity Memory (DREAM): Initial results from a needs assessment study. Gerontechnology, 21(s),1-1
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2022.21.s.694.pp1