PSYC33H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dementia, Treatment And Control Groups, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
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Promoting brain health and wellness in older adults across the cognitive aging continuum. Format: part 1, manualized group intervention to prevent dementia and health declines in at risk older adults, part 2, feasibility of leaving technology to expand access to information, art on the brain. Multicomponent behavioural intervention is an effective treatment approach for mci: Provide people with self-agency when giving interventions multicomponent approaches lets people take the tools learn in the intervention and incorporate them into their lives and what is meaningful to them. Impaired memory (or other cognitive ability) for age. Memory complaint or corroboration: not globally impaired. Mild cognitive impairment: cognitive decline: some areas of cognition are below age- expectations, normal aging: no, mci: yes, dementia: yes, functional decline: support for managing daily responsibilities is needed, normal aging: no, mci: no, dementia: yes. No biological markers (nothing physical wrong) mci is a cognitive disorder, need to do cognitive testing to confirm if the person has an mci.
