Declínio de memória em idosos ativos: experiência avaliativa psicopedagógica

Abstract

This study treats about an experience in psychopedagogic evaluation activity developed based on the need found on elderly active, female and participant in a social group, who shows decline of her ability to memorize. The objetive was to com- prehend and evaluate the process of the decline of memory on elderly active. Being this an evaluation considered satisfactory, in view of the participants did not denied to an- swer the quiz and showed interest in being part of the study. Although they affirmed do not have difficulties to memorize and neither to have habits to forget, it was found the decline of memory, revealed in the performance of activities aimed at constant memory in the second block of questions of the instrument used, which they failed to answer with success. So, the answers provided to the questions about functioning of the memory do not matched with the answers found on the realization of activities.