Background
Dementia and mild cognitive impairment can affect daily living in a variety of ways.
Goals
The purpose of this study was to explore how dementia and mild cognitive impairment can affect daily living in a variety of ways.
Summary of findings
The research study involved a combination of physical and cognitive training for older adults with mild cognitive impairment residing in long term care facilities.
Appointments were frequently forgotten even if written down in calendars and date books. Many participants were anxious about their performance on the assessments and during the training sessions. Developing dementia or further dementia was a real fear for many of these individuals.
This study is still ongoing and the data analysis continues, most participants reported subjective sense of improvement on memory functions and general well being.
