Aiding Older Adults With Memory Complaints

A Practitioner's Resource Series Book

Forrest Scogin
Mark Prohaska

    Health care professionals treating older clients frequently hear concerns and complaints about memory difficulties.  In fact, research indicates that over 50% of those over the age of 60 report experiencing serious memory problems.
     The authors offer numerous memory assessment and memory training strategies that may be easily incorporated into your treatment of older adults.  These "how-to-do-it" instructions are based on the results of empirical investigations of various memory training approaches and the experiences of the authors in working with elders.
     In addition to this book's obvious usefulness for mental health professionals who are treating older adults, it is also essential reading for physicians, nurses, occupational therapists, nursing home staffs, and other health care professionals who work with the elderly.

REVIEWS

"This work provides all the relevant information necessary for the practitioner to launch a treatment program.  It does not prescribe a 'one-size-fits-all' approach.  Rather, the basic techniques are described in a brief (supermarket) fashion with appropriate references provided.....  Despite its short length, the work is complete."
     -Jerome Yesavage, MD, reviewing in American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

"The authors present a concise and technical overview of means by which to integrate memory assessment and memory training with the mental health and counseling treatment of older adults....Via the use of case studies and detailed suggestions regarding methods and techniques, the authors contribute to resolving the dilemma faced by many practitioners who have little understanding of the specific problems of their aged clients."
      -Donna M. Trent, PhD, reviewing in the NARPPS Journal