Cognitive Aging and Everyday Remembering

本调查的目的是描述认知能力，特别是执行功能对老年人（70岁及以上）服药依从性的影响，这些老年人居住在社区，但往往过于虚弱或缺乏资源，无法前往大学环境参加研究项目。因此，这项调查的目标是老年人社区中流动性较差的成员，通过家访，从而使那些功能不高的人有可能参与进来。本研究还检查了两项易于管理的认知测试的负荷，这些测试已被报道为反映执行功能，并检查这些测试是否与已建立的执行功能神经心理学测试的负荷相同。进一步假设症状会影响药物依从性，并与认知电池的表现相互作用，以预测药物依从性。药物依从性是影响健康和福祉的重要自我保健活动，但对于那些在其他地方表现出与正常衰老相关的认知能力下降的老年人来说，依从性可能尤其成问题。

The purpose of this investigation is to describe the influence of cognitive ability, specifically executive function, on medication adherence among older adults (70 years and older) who are community dwelling, but often too frail or lacking in resources, to travel to a university setting to participate in a research project. Therefore, this investigation targets the less mobile members of the older community by using home visits thereby making it possible for individuals who are not as high functioning to participate. This investigation also examines the loading of two easy to administer cognitive tests that have been reported to reflect executive function and examines if these tests load on the same factor as the established neuropsychological tests for executive function. It is further hypothesized that symptoms will influence medication adherence and interact with performance on the cognitive battery to predict medication adherence. Medication adherence is an important selfcare activity impacting on health and well being, yet adherence may be particularly problematic for older adults who have been shown elsewhere to experience cognitive decline associated with normal aging.