PSYC33H3 Chapter 3b: Translating cognitive and everyday activity deficits into cognitive interventions in mild dementia and mild cognitive impairment
Document Summary
Translating cognitive and everyday activity deficits into cognitive interventions in mild dementia and mild cognitive impairment. Translating deficits of cognition and everyday activities cognitive rehab. Meta-review on type & success of intervention & extent use of cognitive theory. Results: majority of interventions improved everyday activity performance: focusing on individual activities (daily) important determinant of intervention success in mild dementia but not mci. More research is needed to translate this mess. Approach to dementia = decrease of iadls. Comprehensive understanding of relationship between cognition and daily functioning. Adls may require higher cognitive functioning: therefore subjective to early diagnosis. Processing speed is a determinant of performance in mci clients. Purpose of paper: evaluating cognitive interventions for every day performance in mci and mild dementia; assessing degree to which cr grounded in theories of cognitive neuropsychology. Impaired ability to perform daily activities is one of earliest & most obvious signs of dementia.
