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17062554

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-10-25
pubmed:abstractText
Studies show that complaints about being forgetful are weakly correlated with standardized measures of memory impairment. Little attention has been paid to those complaints in a healthy elderly population. Therefore, this qualitative, grounded-theory study investigated the experiences and consequences of becoming forgetful. In-depth interviews with 32 participants were conducted and analyzed. The findings show that forgetfulness became part of daily life through 3 strategies, conceptualized as doing forgetfulness: (1) reducing complexity; (2) creating and maintaining routines; and (3) dealing with feelings of embarrassment and shame. The well-being of people experiencing forgetfulness depended on how successfully they performed the strategies of doing forgetfulness. Gaining insight into this process allows health care professionals to assess the phenomenon early and to individualize counseling and further diagnostic procedures.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1533-3175
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
347-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Becoming forgetful: how elderly people deal with forgetfulness in everyday life.
pubmed:affiliation
Memory Clinic-Neuropsychology Center, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland. lorenz.imhof@bluewin.ch
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't