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Mental & Emotional Health
Older Persons
Therapies / Interventions
Psychological groups for people with mild cognitive impairment (Hamill, McCarthy, Fyffe, 2018)
Hamill Michelle McCarthy Martina Fyffe Adam.
Psychology of Older People: The FPOP Bulletin 2018;(143):
Mental Health Care of Older People (MHCOP) services in East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) have been facilitating psychological groups for people diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) since 2008, with more than 120 participants to date. This article provides some background to the development of these groups, and describes the intervention and its delivery. It evaluates the intervention in terms of completion rates, service user feedback, and qualitative measures where available.