Background/Objectives: Yee Hong Play Intervention for Dementia (PID) is a community program strengthening East Asians >65 years with dementia in their daily functional activities. We analyzed how PID activities align with Hong Kong Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Methods: Utilizing observation sheets procured from documentation notes from the twice-weekly PID sessions, cognitive domains were identified. Mean time duration and activity frequencies were compared between high and low competency client groups. Results: Independent of competency group, activities predominantly targeted attention/concentration (23.8% HC, 16.4% LC), and hand-eye coordination (19.1% HC, 28.7% LC). Less focused domains were delayed recall (3.1–4.7%) and naming (1.3–1.5%). Conclusions: Yee Hong PID tested innovative cognitive domains not currently covered in HK-MoCA screening assessment, emphasizing attention/concentration-oriented activities and none assessing orientation and language domains. Additionally, presence of new domains such as hand-eye coordination and fine motor dexterity suggested that strict adherence with standardized screening tools (e.g., MoCA) may not be ideal. Likely, facilitators have developed innovative measures to assess individual competency to strengthen resilience in our geriatric population.
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