Effects of Environmental Enrichment and Training across Life Span in Cognition

García, María Dolores Calero

doi:10.1017/9781316677018.020

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“…Cognitive interventions implemented in a group format in healthy adults and adults with MCI [ 5 , 26 ].…”

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“…Aging has been related to a decline in cognitive performance [3], traditionally explained from a biological perspective [4]. However, this perspective on aging as a phase of general decline was questioned by authors who noted that there are important inter-and intra-individual differences in aging [5]. In the same way, the bi-factor model of intelligence, proposed for explaining age-associated decline, has been refuted by numerous authors who have shown that a decline or impairment in skills related to fluid intelligence [6] is susceptible to reversibility through different actions taken by the individual [7].…”

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“…Today, other explanations concerning cognitive decline in older adults are being considered. One idea is that cognitive decline occurs due to an environment that offers little stimulation and involvement in challenging cognitive activities [ 5 ].…”

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Effectiveness of Cognitive Interventions in Older Adults: A Review

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2020

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(1) Introduction: With older adults, cognitive intervention programs are most often used for preventing or reversing a decline in cognitive functions, but it has been recently noted that there are insufficient high-quality research studies that report the effects of cognitive intervention on the cognitive functioning of older adults. (2) Objective: To analyze the available evidence concerning the effect of cognitive interventions for improving or maintaining the general cognitive status of older adults who present different cognitive levels. (3) Method: a review of studies published between 2010 and 2019 using the following databases: PubMed, PsycINFO, Cochrane, Google Scholar, ProQuest and Medline. (4) Results: We selected 13 systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses. The results showed that the cognitive intervention programs improved general cognitive functioning and specific cognitive functions regardless of the initial cognitive level; that cognitive decline was slowed in older persons with dementia; and there was improvement in activities of daily living. Regarding duration of the results, benefits were maintained for periods of 2 months to 5 years. (5) Conclusion: Cognitive interventions have proven effective for maintaining and/or improving cognitive functioning in older adults regardless of their initial cognitive status. Even so, there are few studies that follow up these results to see whether they are maintained in the long term and whether there is transfer to other skills of daily life. However, we were able to observe in the present review how the participants’ cognitive level varied according to sociodemographic differences, and to identify which components of cognitive programs make them more effective. Based on the results found, we highlight the importance of designing cognitive intervention programs that meet these effectiveness criteria, in order to maximize the positive effects of such programs when working with a population of older adults.

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“…Cognitive interventions implemented in a group format in healthy adults and adults with MCI [ 5 , 26 ].…”

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Effectiveness of Cognitive Interventions in Older Adults: A Review

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“…Today there are data to suggest that adapted training programmes, where levels of difficulty and types of tasks are fitted to the individual, seem to yield better results in terms of transfer (Cândea et al, 2015;Calero, 2019).…”

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Increasing autonomy through improved care: effects of a professional care-giver training programme on the functional status of older adults

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The aim of the present research was to evaluate the effectiveness of a care-giver training programme that trains professional care-givers in cognitive stimulation strategies for functional maintenance in care-dependent older adults. The sample contained 69 older adults (37 in the treatment group, 32 control group) assessed with the Barthel Index, the Mini-Mental State Examination and the Clifton Assessment Procedure for the Elderly (Cognitive Scale). Participants in the treatment group were treated by professional care-givers who were trained with the programme CUIDA-2 in communication and cognitive stimulation strategies. The results from the Barthel Index showed significant differences in the post-intervention assessment and in the follow-up assessment, where the treatment group obtained higher scores, and there were significant differences within the treatment group between the initial assessment and the post-treatment assessment, as well as between the initial assessment and the follow-up. The data obtained reflect that a training programme to train professional care-givers produced functional benefits in the older adults, and these improvements persisted over time. Moreover, the care-givers saw themselves as more competent and more satisfied with their work.

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Since the mid-70s, the beginning of research on cognitive plasticity and the influence of the environment on the maintenance or cognitive decline of the elderly marked the beginning of a flourishing period of cognitive stimulation, cognitive rehabilitation, cognitive training, etc. in order to achieve optimal aging at the cognitive level Calero [1]. From these investigations it is accepted that the environment is a relevant variable in active aging; that

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