RE: A proposal for updating the aging and dementia section of user research

I have no objections to the proposed changes so

+1 to renaming the section.

Steve Lee
Sent from my mobile device Please excuse typing errors
On 10 May 2015 08:53, "lisa.seeman" <lisa.seeman@zoho.com> wrote:

> Can we see if we have consensus on the first item -
> *Re-title the section “Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia”.*
> The introduction can explain that things such as memory loss can often
> increase with age but it is only when this is abnormal that it gets
> classified as Mild Cognitive Impairment or, if worse as one of the forms of
> dementia, most typically Alzheimer’s
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> Katie, John, do you have any issues with this?
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> All the best
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> ---- On Mon, 04 May 2015 16:54:23 +0300 *Katie Haritos-Shea
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> While I agree that this section needs clearing up, I do not agree to all
> of these changes. I will be on the will today,,,,
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> *From:* Rochford, John [mailto:john.rochford@umassmed.edu]
> *Sent:* Monday, May 4, 2015 8:55 AM
> *To:* Michael Pluke; public-cognitive-a11y-tf
> *Subject:* RE: A proposal for updating the aging and dementia section of
> user research
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> Hi Mike,
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> +1 from me.
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> *From:* Michael Pluke [mailto:Mike.Pluke@castle-consult.com
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> *Sent:* Sunday, May 03, 2015 4:08 PM
> *To:* public-cognitive-a11y-tf
> *Subject:* A proposal for updating the aging and dementia section of user
> research
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> Before any changes are made to the “Aging and Dementia” section of the
> User Research document I would like to get agreement to an overall approach
> that hopefully avoids the impression that aging is in itself a cognitive
>  condition.
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> I propose that we should:
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> -          *Re-title the section “Mild Cognitive Impairment and
> Dementia”.*
> The introduction can explain that things such as memory loss can often
> increase with age but it is only when this is abnormal that it gets
> classified as Mild Cognitive Impairment or, if worse as one of the forms of
> dementia, most typically Alzheimer’s.
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> -          *Change the heading “Symptoms” into “Challenges”.*
> The aphasia and dyslexia sections have separate headings “symptoms” and
> “challenges” but as we are not trying to supersede standards like DSM-5 it
> probably isn’t wise to try to give a supposedly authoritative list of
> symptoms. The existing content is a very reasonable set of challenges that
> many people with various forms of dementia may experience. Also people who
> are normally aging will also experience some of these.
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> -          *Give one list of challenges that apply to all of the
> categories under this heading e.g. MCI, Alzheimer’s, other forms of
> dementia and even aging.*
> The existing document gives four different lists of “symptoms” for:
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> o   “Common Symptoms of Cognitive Decline Due to Both Aging and Dementia”,
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> o   “Symptoms of Cognitive Decline Due to Aging” and,
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> o   “Symptoms of Alzheimer’s”
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> o   “Symptoms of Less-Common Dementia (Non-Alzheimer's)”
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> but it is *exactly the same list* apart from the addition of one extra
> “symptom” for  Alzheimer’s and a few minor additional notes in places.
> These minor changes could be details added to the single list.
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> If this overall approach is acceptable, then changes can begin to be made
> in line with the above.
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> Best regards
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> Mike
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