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A Critical Review of Memory Stimulation Programs in Alzheimer's Disease

From the Geriatric Neuropsychology Laboratory, School of Psychology, Universit de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Dr. Simard is now at the Neuropsychiatry Program of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Queen Street Site, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Address correspondence to Mr. Grandmaison, School of Psychology, Universit de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, E1A 3E9, Canada. E-mail: eric.grandmaison{at}gnb.ca

The authors describe the memory stimulation programs used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and review their efficacy. Visual imagery, errorless learning, dyadic approaches, spaced retrieval techniques, encoding specificity with cognitive support at retrieval, and external memory aids were the memory stimulation programs used alone or in combination in AD. Preliminary evidence suggests that the errorless learning, spaced retrieval, and vanishing cues techniques and the dyadic approach, used alone or in combination, are efficacious in stimulating memory in patients with AD.

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