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P4‐107: Feasibility and outcomes of a national memory screening day at a community senior mental health clinic
Author(s) -
Molden Joie,
Renn Bren.,
Gurnani Ashita S.,
Nicoll Tracie,
Tyrrell Caitlin,
Luther Emily C.,
Gavett Brandon E.
Publication year - 2015
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 - 10.1016/j.jalz.2015.06.1813
Subject(s) - cognition , montreal cognitive assessment , memory clinic , psychomotor learning , memory impairment , mental health , psychology , medicine , gerontology , cognitive impairment , psychiatry
Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) and Parkinson Disease (PD). The rationale for retraining is the notion that practice on carefully selected tasks promote recovery of the disrupted neural circuits and restore functions in the impaired cognitive processes themselves. Methods: The two main objectives were (a) to develop a cognitive training programme to improve cognitive functions (b) to evaluate the impact of 30-session cognitive training on the cognitive and functional performance of older adults with MCI, FTD and PD. A pre-post experimental design was employed. The sample consisted of 3 case studies of Mild Cognitive Impairment, Frontotemporal Dementia and Parkinson Disease (with memory issues) from the geriatric clinic of NIMHANS, Bangalore. Their socio-demographic data was collected and further, they were assessed on Neuropsychological test for the Elderly (Tripathi, Kumar, Bharath&Marimuthu, 2012) and other rating scales (GHQ, HMSE, AD8, EASI, CDR, NPI and NIMHANS Geriatric Screening Proforma). Results: The result of the present study reveals a significant difference in Verbal memory, Logical Memory, Delayed Visuospatial memory and Visual working memory when pre and post intervention scoreswere compared.Conclusions:The study highlights the importance of cognitive retraining in improving certain areas of cognition brought about by age related cognitive decline.