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KMID : 1023720170720010209
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Journal of Welfare for the Aged
2017 Volume.72 No. 1 p.209 ~ p.232
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A Study on the Effects of an Integrative Cognitive Training Program on the Aged with Mild Dementia： Targeting Elders in Day-care
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Jeon Mi-Sook
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Abstract
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This study aims to verify how an integrative cognitive training program (ICTP) designed by complementing typical cognitive rehabilitation programs for the aged with dementia influences the improvement of their cognitive function in order to improve cognitive functions and slow down the progress of dementia in the aged with mild dementia. To address the goal, this researcher implemented an ICTP as an intervention to an experimental group selected from the aged with mild dementia using two daycare centers located in Jeju City. 15 persons for an experimental group and 15 for a control group, and implemrnted an ICTP as an intervention to the expermental group. To measure the effects, this author collected data in five areas, orientation, memory, concentration, linguistic competence, and performance, and the data went through Mann-Whitney U analysis by using SPSS 18.0. According to the results of analysis, first, the experimental group treated with the ICTP was previously found to be homogeneous with the control group. Second, the ICTP had significant and positive effects on four cognitive functions. orientation, concentration, linguistic competence, and performance, in the aged with mild dementia. The results of this study imply that to cope with aging society, we need government-level financial as well as institutional support for improving, maintaining, and enhancing cognitive functions in the aged with mild dementia.
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KEYWORD
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dementia, cognitive function, integrative cognitive training program
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