Public Transportation to Obtain Food: An Overlooked Instrumental Activity of Daily Living

Purpose: This study evaluated the potential effectiveness of a tablet-based, volunteer-led intervention (Lok Chi In-home Training) for cognitively impaired older people in improving cognitive and emotional health. Method: A one-group pretest and posttest design was adopted, involving 57 community-dwelling older people with cognitive impairments (Montreal Cognitive Score between 13 and 22, without neuropsychiatric behavioral problem). Trained volunteers performed eight in-home training sessions using a tablet to facilitate. Outcome measures include cognitive function, depression, activity of daily living, and instrumental activity of daily living. Results: A paired sample t test indicated that after receiving Lok Chi In-home Training, participants showed significantly large improvements on cognitive ability, moderate improvements on depression, and small improvements on instrumental activity of daily living. Conclusions: This study demonstrated the feasibility and potential benefits of Lok Chi intervention for improving cognition and emotion.

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Socioeconomic and Lifestyle Factors Related to Instrumental Activity of Daily Living Dynamics: Results from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society ◽

10.1111/jgs.12990 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 62 (9) ◽

pp. 1630-1639 ◽

Cited By ~ 34

Author(s):

Eleonora d'Orsi ◽

Andre Junqueira Xavier ◽

Andrew Steptoe ◽

Cesar de Oliveira ◽

Luiz Roberto Ramos ◽

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Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Daily Living ◽

Lifestyle Factors ◽

Activity Of Daily Living ◽

Instrumental Activity ◽

English Longitudinal Study

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Cognitive Activities and Instrumental Activity of Daily Living in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra ◽

10.1159/000355553 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 398-406 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Takehiko Doi ◽

Hiroyuki Shimada ◽

Hyuma Makizako ◽

Sangyoon Lee ◽

Hyuntae Park ◽

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Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Cognitive Impairment ◽

Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽

Daily Living ◽

Activity Of Daily Living ◽

Instrumental Activity ◽

Cognitive Activities

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ODMIENNE ŚRODOWISKA EGZYSTENCJI ŻYCIOWEJ JAKO CZYNNIK RÓŻNICUJĄCY FUNKCJE POZNAWCZE I CZYNNOŚCI DNIA CODZIENNEGO W GRUPIE OSÓB POWYŻEJ 50. ROKU ŻYCIA

Pomeranian Journal of Life Sciences ◽

10.21164/pomjlifesci.16 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 60 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Magdalena Gębska ◽

Katarzyna Weber-Nowakowska ◽

Alina Wojciechowska ◽

Marta Zawarska ◽

Natalia Czajka ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental State ◽

Daily Living ◽

Care Home ◽

Living Environment ◽

Age Difference ◽

Activity Of Daily Living ◽

Instrumental Activity ◽

The Difference ◽

State Examination

Introduction: The aim of the dissertation was to compare the psychophysical state of people over 50 years of age from different societies.Material and methods: The first group consisted of 30 care home residents, the second group consisted of 30 participants of Active Senior Fair. In the research, two scales were applied: Mini‍‑Mental State Examination, measuring the mental state, and Instrumental Activity of Daily Living, measuring agility in the field of complex everyday tasks.Conclusiona: The study indicates the difference in the psychophysical state of both researched groups. The results may be connected with both age difference between groups and different living environment.

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