Effects of multi-faceted cognitive training program for elders with cognitive impairment living in social welfare home for older persons
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Background: Elders living in social welfare home are at risk of developing dementia due to lacking of opportunities to perform problem solving activities under non-familiar situations. Dementia declines cognitive functions leading to a limitation of performing individual activities of daily living. Therefore, the elders need a cognitive training program which may be enhancing their cognitive abilities. That program’s effectiveness would be beneficial in slowing down the rise in numbers of demented elders who live with cognitive impairment at the social welfare home.
Objectives: To study the effects of a multi-faceted cognitive training program on cognitive abilities in elders with cognitive impairment living in social welfare home.
Materials and methods: Participants were the elders living at Thammapakorn Social Welfare Development Center for Older Persons, Chiang Mai Province. Twenty-four elders with cognitive impairment were selected through purposive sampling method combined a set of screening tests, including the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and the Depression Assessment 9 Questions (9Qs). Participants were divided into a control and an experimental group (n=12 each). The experimental group underwent multi-faceted cognitive training program 3 times per week, for 6 consecutive weeks. The outcome measurements were the Digit Span Test, the Thai Cognitive-Perceptual Test (Thai-CPT), and the Dynamic Loewenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment (DLOTCA). Data was analyzed using descriptive, Mann-Whitney U Test, and Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test.
Results: After completing the multi-faceted cognitive training program, both experimental and control groups had demonstrated statistically significant differences in post-test in attention, memory, and executive functions. Within the experimental group, there was no significant difference in those cognitive areas, whereas the reduction of cognitive scores was significantly found within the control group.
Conclusion: The multi-faceted cognitive training program could prevent cognitive deterioration for elders with cognitive impairment living in social welfare home.
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