ArticleDementia and neurocognitive disorders2020
Home-Visiting Cognitive Intervention for the Community-Dwelling Elderly Living Alone.
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- Mapping the global research landscape and trends of older people living alone: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in aging · 2025Pooled it
- A randomized controlled trial to address a multimodal intervention in the elderly: the effects of the CAMINN study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2026Trial
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Dementia Among Older People of Gelao Ethnicity in China: A National Cross-Sectional Study.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2026Article
- Community-based interventions for cognitive health in older adults: a scoping review.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Systematic identification and quantification of factors and their interactions with age, sex, and panel wave influencing cognitive function in Korean older adults.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Sociodemographic features associated with the MoCA, SPPB, and GDS scores in a community-dwelling elderly population.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- The relationship between living alone or not and depressive symptoms in older adults: a parallel mediation effect of sleep quality and anxiety.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Exploring Factors Associated With Successful Nonpharmacological Interventions for People With Dementia.Dementia and neurocognitive disorders · 2022Article
- Coping with Dementia in the Middle of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of Korean medical science · 2020Review
- Home/community-based interventions to improve function in persons with mild cognitive impairment/early dementia.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Review
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Abstract
background and purposeThe elderly living alone feel lonelier and more isolated than do those live with others, and they are at higher risk for cognitive decline and depression. This study aimed to assess whether a home-visiting cognitive intervention (HCI) can have positive effects on cognitive improvement for the elderly who living alone.
methodsHCI was conducted from April 2016 to November 2019. Every elder who lived alone and 2 matched partners met for 8 weeks once a week. The partners visited participants' home and did the HCI which composed of cognitive training and cognitive stimulation activities. The Mini-Mental State Examination-dementia screening (MMSE), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), the Korean version of instrumental activities of daily living (K-IADL), and the Social Support Scale (SSS) were evaluated before and after HCI to compare the effect of HCI.
resultsA total of 258 participants showed significant improvements in MMSE, GDS, K-IADL, and SSS. The MMSE and GDS scores were significantly improved after HCI in both the normal cognition (NC,
conclusionsActive cognitive interventions could provide possible benefits to improve cognition, emotion, and functional abilities. Regular cognitive-care services like HCI are necessary to reduce dementia risk for the elderly who live alone in the community.
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