Engagement with behaviour change in people with mild cognitive impairment and mild frailty: a qualitative study
Tasmin Alanna Rookes, Rachael Frost, Yolanda Barrado-Martín, Jessica Catchpole, Megan Armstrong, Benjamin Gardner, Rebecca L Gould, Claudia Cooper, Cecilia Hammond, Louise Marston, Kate R Walters · 2026
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Tasmin Alanna Rookes and co-authors explore how older adults with mild thinking slips and mild frailty take to behavior change support, in a 2026 paper. Such slips can blunt health programs that aim to keep people independent. The study sits inside a home health program in England.
Talks with twenty-nine program users in the slip range and seven support workers fed the work. Views split on whether memory was a problem or could be helped. Many never raised memory with their worker. Weak social backing and denial of slips blocked change. Goal setting tied to old habits, reminder prompts, and family help moved it forward. The authors urge programs to build those aids in from the start.
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| CREATOR | Tasmin Alanna Rookes, Rachael Frost, Yolanda Barrado-Martín, Jessica Catchpole, Megan Armstrong, Benjamin Gardner, Rebecca L Gould, Claudia Cooper, Cecilia Hammond, Louise Marston, Kate R Walters |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |