Talleres de estimulación cognitiva en adultos mayores: experiencia preliminar / Cognitive stimulation in old age: preliminary report

ABSTRACT

Objective: to test the utility of cognitive stimulation in a group of healthy older people. Design: a pilot study in 11 healthy women from Conchali council. All of them were evaluated before and after stimulation using Minimental State Examination of Folstein (MM), Memory Wechsler Scale (MW) and Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). Participants: were selected from a group of regularly participants in center for seniors, aged 60 years or more (mean 66,6 years old), able to read and write (mean scholarship 5,3 years). Intervention 16 workshop of 90 minutes, twice a week during 2 months. They had motivation pantomime plays, memory activities and so on. Result: Wilcoxon signed rank pre and post workshop for MM was -2.633 (p= 0.008), for MW was -2.938 (p= 0.003) and for GDS was -2.943 (p= 0.03) Conclusions: cognitive stimulation could be useful in older people. It is necessary to increase the sample