title: Using previous knowledge to teach elderly clients.
abstract: 1. Fluid intelligence decreases while crystallized intelligence continues to increase over the life span. 2. Nurses should determine what patients already know about how to care for themselves. 3. Nurses may help patients to learn better by intentionally basing new information on what patients already know.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Theis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*