diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem/core/base/EntityInstanceBase.cpp b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem/core/base/EntityInstanceBase.cpp
index 56f207e7e966a89f2c572b75d25e67ce41c22eca..a2cabd58bd92564c68374f0bf61ab06ef5990135 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem/core/base/EntityInstanceBase.cpp
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem/core/base/EntityInstanceBase.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace armarx::armem::base
 {
     void EntityInstanceMetadata::access() const
     {
-        accessed++;
+        numAccessed++;
         lastAccessedTime = armarx::core::time::DateTime::Now();
     }
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ std::ostream& armarx::armem::base::operator<<(std::ostream& os, const EntityInst
        << "\n - t_referenced = \t" << armem::toStringMicroSeconds(d.referencedTime) << " us"
        << "\n - t_sent       = \t" << armem::toStringMicroSeconds(d.sentTime) << " us"
        << "\n - t_arrived    = \t" << armem::toStringMicroSeconds(d.arrivedTime) << " us"
-       << "\n - t_accessed   = \t" << armem::toStringMicroSeconds(d.lastAccessedTime) << " us (" << d.accessed << ")"
+       << "\n - t_accessed   = \t" << armem::toStringMicroSeconds(d.lastAccessedTime) << " us (" << d.numAccessed << ")"
        << "\n - confidence   = \t" << d.confidence << " us"
        ;
     return os;
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem/core/base/EntityInstanceBase.h b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem/core/base/EntityInstanceBase.h
index 9e9fbdbc9b93f8b23f5f48662b75fe2a14d5aca8..5839641f89ddedf8c6748a448a5dce9e22ee911d 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem/core/base/EntityInstanceBase.h
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem/core/base/EntityInstanceBase.h
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ namespace armarx::armem::base
         /// An optional confidence, may be used for things like decay.
         float confidence = 1.0;
 
-        /// An optional value indicating the last access
+        /// An optional value indicating the time of last access.
         mutable Time lastAccessedTime = Time::Invalid();
 
-        /// A counter how often the instance has been accessed
-        mutable unsigned long accessed = 0;
+        /// A counter how often the instance has been accessed.
+        mutable unsigned long numAccessed = 0;
 
         virtual ~EntityInstanceMetadata() = default;
 
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem/core/base/ice_conversions.cpp b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem/core/base/ice_conversions.cpp
index af2dfbcfa6aff25134093eca04f1c7d9d235793e..42620f2d928b91f7941600315a9970b16111618c 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem/core/base/ice_conversions.cpp
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem/core/base/ice_conversions.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace armarx::armem
         toIce(ice.referencedTime, metadata.referencedTime);
         toIce(ice.sentTime, metadata.sentTime);
         toIce(ice.lastAccessedTime, metadata.lastAccessedTime);
-        ice.accessed = metadata.accessed;
+        ice.accessed = metadata.numAccessed;
     }
     void base::fromIce(const data::EntityInstanceMetadata& ice, EntityInstanceMetadata& metadata)
     {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace armarx::armem
         fromIce(ice.referencedTime, metadata.referencedTime);
         fromIce(ice.sentTime, metadata.sentTime);
         fromIce(ice.lastAccessedTime, metadata.lastAccessedTime);
-        metadata.accessed = ice.accessed;
+        metadata.numAccessed = ice.accessed;
     }
 
 
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem_gui/instance/InstanceView.cpp b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem_gui/instance/InstanceView.cpp
index 025eb36ccea276b870ea88605bccbd655c46428c..1c7a40faed6b57b15bcd0a4ddd8677b103e8670d 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem_gui/instance/InstanceView.cpp
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/armem_gui/instance/InstanceView.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ namespace armarx::armem::gui::instance
             armem::toDateTimeMilliSeconds(metadata.referencedTime),
             armem::toDateTimeMilliSeconds(metadata.sentTime),
             armem::toDateTimeMilliSeconds(metadata.arrivedTime),
-            armem::toDateTimeMilliSeconds(metadata.lastAccessedTime) + " (" + std::to_string(metadata.accessed) + " times total)"
+            armem::toDateTimeMilliSeconds(metadata.lastAccessedTime) + " (" + std::to_string(metadata.numAccessed) + " times total)"
         };
         ARMARX_CHECK_EQUAL(static_cast<size_t>(treeItemMetadata->childCount()), items.size());
         int i = 0;