Impact of mental aerobics training on memory-impaired older adults

Hayslip, Bert; Paggi, Kay; Poole, Mary Kathryn; Ward, Melissa L.

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“…Games can help with cognitive enrichment because residents may apply their problem-solving skills [30]. A study by Hayslip and colleagues found that there are benefits to mental aerobics for resident's dealing with impairment and it was apparent over the redundant implementation through activities [31]. A cognitive control study found that older adults who participated in "mental training" games (e.g., quizzes, puzzles, and memory recognition tasks) showed that they developed a higher level of cognitive function that helped with everyday activities [32].…”

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New Holistic Enrichment Program Utilizing Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Designed for Institutionalized Residential Care Facilities

Fahy¹,

Hollis-Sawyer²

2018

obm geriatr

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Background: The growing aging population requires care support resources which engage older adults in many different aspects of human functioning and experiences [1]. The purpose of this applied research project was to develop, and pilot test a holistic enrichment program manual used with Institutionalized Residential Care Facilities (IRCF) that encompasses motor skill, social, cognitive and self-enrichment outcomes, and to pilot test the enrichment program manual to be both cost-effective and a time savings to IRCFs. Methods: The enrichment manual is based on the theory of Maslow's (1943) Hierarchy of Needs while integrating holistic care through training modules. In the needs analysis phase, the researcher anticipated that information from individual interviews with Enrichment Directors (ED) would assist in the development of the enrichment manual. Open-ended questions were constructed to learn how ED participants implement needs through programs; the researcher also expected to discover some activities to incorporate into the manual. During the project development phase, the researcher used books, videos, web resources, and training manuals to investigate training, holistic care, and activities further. After the completion of the manual, the researcher followed up with a feedback interview phase. The needs analysis phase consisted of ten ED participants, and the feedback

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New Holistic Enrichment Program Utilizing Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Designed for Institutionalized Residential Care Facilities

Fahy¹,

Hollis-Sawyer²

2018

obm geriatr

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“…Although anecdotal evidence (Paggi & Hayslip, 1999) suggests MA to be effective with community-residing older adults, and published work suggests that it may be effective with memory-impaired older adults (Hayslip, Paggi, Poole, & Ward Pinson, 2009), empirical evidence for its short-term and long-term effectiveness with community-residing older persons has yet to be published. In this light, Stine-Morrow and her colleagues (Stine-Morrow et al, 2007; Stine-Morrow, Parisi, Park, & Morrow, 2008) have provided evidence suggesting that a variation on the Odyssey of the Mind (the Senior Odyssey) was impactful in improving the cognitive performance of older participants, having pseudorandomly assigned older adults to an experimental and control condition, based on pretest and 6- to 8-month posttest follow-up data.…”

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The Impact of Mental Aerobics Training on Older Adults

Hayslip

Paggi²,

Caballero

2016

J Appl Gerontol

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Mental Aerobics (MA) is a cognitively oriented intervention designed to improve older adults' perceptions of their cognitive ability as well as positively impact their performance. Forty-seven community-residing older adults (M age = 67.39, SD = 5.75) were randomly assigned to either a treatment (n = 24) or a waiting list control (n = 23) group. Participants in both treatment and control conditions completed measures of depression, self-rated health, cognitive functioning, and cognitive self-efficacy. Findings support the conclusion that MA can be an effective intervention in improving older adults' affectivity, everyday task self-efficacy, and self-rated health. The impact of MA on measures of generalized fluid ability (Gf) and generalized crystallized ability (Gc) skills was moderated by level of education. The subsequent provision of MA training to controls minimized the performance differences between the treatment and control conditions, as well as the moderating effect of level of education. These findings suggest that MA can be effectively used to enhance older adults' views of their skills, critical to efforts to maintain cognitive functioning into later life, although some older persons may benefit to a greater extent than others.

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Impact of mental aerobics training on memory-impaired older adults

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New Holistic Enrichment Program Utilizing Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Designed for Institutionalized Residential Care Facilities

New Holistic Enrichment Program Utilizing Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Designed for Institutionalized Residential Care Facilities

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