Action
Use a planner or calendar app
Regularly use a digital planner, calendar or memory-aid app to record and check plans.
Studies (1)
Paper
Reminders at breaks in the day got people to use a planner app moreUsedHelpedPeople who got reminders at breaks in their day used their planner app more than those without these reminders.
Small randomised trial of 32 older adults with memory problems · vs the same app training and alarms without reminders · behaviour was recorded · ⚠ unclear how groups were picked; numbers unreliable
Often used with it
Rule · when
At a natural break between activitiesPrompted or done at a transition between activities rather than at a fixed clock time.
