WHAT’S ON THE CALENDAR THIS WEEK? EVERYDAY COLLABORATIVE STRATEGY USE AMONG MIDDLE-AGED AND OLDER COUPLES
Celinda Reese-Melancon, Rachael Turner, Riley Wyatt, Erin Harrington, Tina Savla, Peter Rendell, Jennifer Margrett · 2023
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Reese-Melancon and co-authors studied how couples share the work of remembering, in a paper published in 2023. Memory tricks are well studied in single people, at school, at work, and at home. Far less is known about how partners team up to remember daily life. The team surveyed 118 married or cohabiting adults, aged 40 to 88. They asked about personal memory aids and about habits the couples use together.
Husbands and wives reported similar use of inner tricks, written aids, and phone or computer tools. The study also gathered open-ended accounts of joint habits, like keeping a shared calendar. Mixed analysis let the team pair the numbers with the couples' own words. The findings show that everyday memory in later life is often a team effort. Support for aging memory may work better when it includes the partner, not just the person.
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| CREATOR | Celinda Reese-Melancon, Rachael Turner, Riley Wyatt, Erin Harrington, Tina Savla, Peter Rendell, Jennifer Margrett |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |