Achieving Goals Empowers People with Dementia

According to Alzheimer’s Society Research, patients with the early stages of dementia can manage their condition through individual cognitive rehabilitation.  Learn more in this article from Long-Term Living.

Cognitive rehabilitation is defined by researchers as a treatment where people with dementia work with health professionals to identify personal goals and develop strategies for achieving them. Goals were tailored to the participants’ specific needs and included things such as remembering details of jobs to be done around the house, maintaining concentration when cooking, learning to use a mobile phone, and remembering the names of people at an exercise class. The cognitive rehabilitation group said they saw an improvement in their ability to carry out all of the chosen activities.

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