Comparing Smartphone Technology and a Memory Strategy on Improving Prospective Memory in Alzheimer's Disease

Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of MCI or dementia at a neurology and/or neuropsychology office visit in the BSWH Temple region, or neuropsychology office visit in the RR BSWH region within 12 months of the study contact (Specific ICD Codes outlined below).
* Interest in participating in research
* Able and willing to bring a legally authorized representative (spouse or medical power of attorney) to initial training session.
* Able to independently consent according to the results of a structured capacity to consent interview OR is interested after going through the consent process but does not pass capacity to consent inventory AND has a legally authorized representative available to provide proxy consent.
* Presence of no more than mild dementia on the basis of telephone administered cognitive screening instrument (TICS-M) \& Collateral/Informant ADL Measure

  o Using the TICS-M and published normative data, all subjects must have scores that are around -1 to -2 standard deviations for demographically corrected norms (National Institute of Aging-Alzheimer's Association recommended criteria for the very mild to mild stages of Alzheimer's disease; Albert et al., 2011; McKhann et al., 2011).
* Etiology of the dementia or MCI can be varied or unknown at the time of the screening criteria.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Presence of severe cognitive impairment defined by a TICS-M score \<-2 standard deviations from the mean.
* Semi-structured telephone clinical interview and/or chart review suggest:

  * Serious mental illness (schizophrenia, bipolar, or depression with suicidal ideation in the last 30 days) are present and significantly contributing to the current presentation
  * Uncorrected hearing loss, visual loss, or motoric dysfunction would preclude using the smartphone.
* English language proficiency (whether due to English as a second language or the presence of aphasia) significantly interferes with completion of telephone screening procedures or would be clinically suspected to interfere with completion of the study process.