Objective: To evaluate the effect of cognitive rehabilitation program designed to enhance the attention and memory skill for dementia patients.
Design: Cognitive rehabilitation training programs were known to be delay the progression of dementia.
Materials and Methods: Subjects were 20 mild to moderate dementia patients who were registered to Severance Geriatric Mental Health Center. The diagnosis were made using DSM-IV, Clinical Dementia Rating Scale and Brain CT and MRI. Each of 20 patients received 8 sessions of repeated training twice per week with computer –aided cognitive rehabilitation program(REHACOM). All dementia patients were rated on measures of Dementia Rating Scale(DRS), Boston Naming Test(BNT), Mini-Mental State Examination(MMSE) and Geriatric Depression Scale(GDS) before and after training.
Results: Significant changes on the outcome measures were observed following a cognitive rehabilitation training program.
1) On the DRS, attention and memory subscale were statistically significant(P<0.01) but construction and conceptualization subscale were not statistically significant(p>0.05). There were significant differences.
2) On the BNT, statistically significance was not found but GDS was significantly different(p<0.001).
Conclusion: It is suggested that cognitive rehabilitation with mild to moderate elderly dementia patients is very important for maintaining of cognitive functioning and quality of life.
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