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Effects of cognitive rehabilitation intervention based on sensory activities on the perception, depression, and quality of life of the elderly with dementia in a care facility
Author(s) -
Lee Hey Sig,
Yang Min Ah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1002/alz.041918
Subject(s) - dementia , cognition , rehabilitation , depression (economics) , quality of life (healthcare) , intervention (counseling) , perception , affect (linguistics) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , gerontology , sensory system , psychology , activities of daily living , cognitive rehabilitation therapy , medicine , physical therapy , clinical psychology , psychiatry , nursing , communication , disease , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , economics , macroeconomics
Background We want to find out how the intervention of cognitive rehabilitation group programs based on sensory activities can affect the cognitive function, depression and quality of life for the elderly with dementia living in the facility. Method In this study, the cognitive rehabilitation group program based on the sensory activity of 20 cycles is applied to 10 the elderly with dementia facility to determine if it is effective by pre‐ and post‐evaluation of cognitive function, depression and quality of life. Cognitive function is evaluated as MMSE‐DS, depression as S‐GDS‐K, and quality of life as WHOQOL‐BREF. Result As a result of this study, the MMSE‐DS score increased by 3.20, the S‐GDS‐K score decreased by 4.32, and the WHOQOL‐BREF score increased by 7.05. Conclusion Therefore, sensory activity‐based cognitive rehabilitation programs are effective for the elderly with dementia living in the facility.