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Working out at the memory gym
- Author:
- BARNES Colin
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 18(1), January 2010, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Using the example of groups for people with mild memory problems run by speech and language therapists in Portsmouth, this article reports on therapy for people with mild memory impairment. It describes how, after reviewing the therapy programme in 2006, the team identified three key factors to drive future service developments: a clear link between achieving improvement in function and mildness of memory impairment, an increasing health promotion and prevention agenda locally and nationally recognising the importance of good cognitive health, and an increase in referrals of people who were presenting with very mild memory impairments. A new form of memory group for people with very mild memory impairment was established, called the Memory Gym, using paper-based and computer-based exercises, and aiming to provide support and advice for people with very mild memory impairments, explore the use of cognitive exercises in a group setting, enable individuals to identify the most suitable memory strategies and cognitive exercises for their own use, enable individuals to develop lasting memory strategy use, and enable the development of resources and experience that could be used to promote cognitive exercise more widely in Portsmouth. The first three groups were evaluated using client reports and a client-completed evaluation form, with generally positive results.