Psychology says the hardest part of watching your parents age isn't the physical decline - it's the moment you realize they've started performing competence the same way you performed adulthood when you were younger - Silicon Canals

"Compensation strategies are behaviors aimed at mitigating or adapting to loss. Older adults employ them proactively, often long before anyone around them notices anything is amiss."

"The researchers found that cognitively normal older adults and those with mild cognitive impairment actually use more compensation strategies than people with advanced dementia."

Older adults frequently utilize compensation strategies to cope with cognitive decline, employing behaviors such as lists, rehearsed phrases, and familiar routines. These strategies help them adapt and mitigate loss before it becomes apparent to others. Research indicates that cognitively normal older adults and those with mild cognitive impairment use more compensation strategies than individuals with advanced dementia. This suggests that compensation is most effective when cognitive function is still sufficient to implement these adaptive behaviors.

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