These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Helping an aging patient to cope with memory problems.
    Author: Zarit SH.
    Journal: Geriatrics; 1979 Apr; 34(4):82-4, 89-90. PubMed ID: 447073.
    Abstract:
    Memory loss is often a subjective symptom rather than an objective one. Complaints of poor memory appear to be related to stereotypes of aging and to the presence of depression, rather than to chronic brain disease. Reassuring an elderly person that occasional forgetfulness does not indicate senility, and improving morale in those who are depressed, effectively reduce exaggerated memory concerns.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]