Effects of a Cooking Program Based on Brain-activating Rehabilitation for Elderly Residents with Dementia in a Facility: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: Rehabilitation for dementia is important in Geriatric Health Service Facilities in Japan. This study evaluated the effects of a cooking program as rehabilitation for elderly residents with dementia.

Methods: We carried out a 12-week cooking program based on the five principles of brain-activating rehabilitation (BAR): fostering a pleasant atmosphere, interactive communication, establishing social roles, giving and receiving praise, and errorless learning.

Prevention of cognitive and physical decline by enjoyable walking-habituation program based on brain-activating rehabilitation.

Aim: Evaluating effects of an enjoyable walking-habituation program.

Methods: We carried out a 12-week intervention, consisting of an enjoyable walking-habituation program based on five principles of brain-activating rehabilitation: pleasant atmosphere, interactive communication, social roles, praising each other and errorless support. The program, once a week for 90 min, was carried out in small groups.

The impact of subjective memory complaints on quality of life in community-dwelling older adults.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of memory complaints on quality of life (QOL) in elderly community dwellers with or without mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

Methods: Participants included 120 normal controls (NC) and 37 with MCI aged 65 and over. QOL was measured using the Japanese version of Satisfaction in Daily Life, and memory complaints were measured using a questionnaire consisting of four items.

Pleasant physical exercise program for prevention of cognitive decline in community-dwelling elderly with subjective memory complaints.

Aim: Japan is one of the most rapidly aging societies in the world. Measures to prevent dementia are urgently required in Japan, although such strategies have not yet been established. This study investigated the effectiveness of a pleasant physical exercise intervention on the prevention of cognitive decline in community-dwelling elderly participants with subjective memory complaints.

Effects of intervention using a community-based walking program for prevention of mental decline: a randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of a municipality-led walking program under the Japanese public Long-Term Care Insurance Act to prevent mental decline.

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Setting: The city of Takasaki.