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Cognitive Stimulation for Long-Term Care Adults with Dementia

Kellar, Thomas W.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1410464307

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2014, Doctor of Education, University of Akron, Secondary Education.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine if a strong social environment would enhance the memory abilities of adults with dementia. These adults are residents in a long-term care facility. Pre-test data from the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) and Functional Linguistic Communication Inventory (FLCI) assessments were collected from each participant. Additionally, the participants were assessed in their current ability to provide correct answers to questions taken from a therapeutic program named Memory Magic®. The residents participated in the playing of the Memory Magic activity at the rate of two games per week. A mid-test was given after playing the first 12 games during the first 6 weeks and a post-test was given at the conclusion of the 12-week intervention. One game was played more frequently than the other eight Memory Magic games. During the game playing activities, the residents’ behaviors were recorded. At the conclusion of 12 weeks of game playing, the participants were reassessed with the same instruments and questions used for the pre-test, mid-test and post-test. The results for the pre-, mid-, and post-test MMSE scores, FLCI scores, and the scores achieved for game two, were deemed insignificant. The pre to post assessments pertaining to the number of correct answers to the game’s questions were found to be significant.
Lynne Pachnowski, Dr. (Advisor)
Xin Liang, Dr. (Committee Member)
Renee Mudrey-Camino, Dr. (Committee Member)
Susan Olson, Dr. (Committee Member)
Harvey Sterns, Dr. (Committee Member)
187 p.
Adult Education
Memory Magic; MMSE; FLCI; ANOVA;

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  • Kellar, T. W. (2014). Cognitive Stimulation for Long-Term Care Adults with Dementia [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1410464307

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kellar, Thomas. Cognitive Stimulation for Long-Term Care Adults with Dementia. 2014. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1410464307.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kellar, Thomas. "Cognitive Stimulation for Long-Term Care Adults with Dementia." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1410464307

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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