Health Commun.  2019 Dec;14(2):93-102. 10.15715/kjhcom.2019.14.2.93.

The Effects of Welfare Center's Cognitive Improvement Program on the Community Elderly Provided by Nursing Student Volunteers and Social Welfare

• Jang IS
• Kim E

• KMID: 2470614
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.15715/kjhcom.2019.14.2.93

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was conducted to investigate effects of welfare center's cognitive improvement program on the community elderly provided by nursing student volunteers and social welfare.
METHODS
A quasi-experimental with non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design was implemented. The participants were the community elderly with or without mild cognitive impairments (experimental group: 17, control group: 15). The experimental group participated in the cognitive improvement program for four months based on the demonstration program of the special grade of dementia in long-term care insurance for the elderly.
RESULTS
After the intervention, the satisfaction with perceived social support (F=9.30, p=.005) was improved statistically between the experimental group and the control group, but there was no significant difference in MMSE-K, IADL, depression, EQ-VAS, and EQ-5D variables.
CONCLUSION
These results indicated that a multidisciplinary approach or a variety of manpower is needed, in order to prevent the dementia of the elderly. However, in order to provide a systematic cognitive-based intervention, it was once again recognized that the training of relevant experts and the quality planning on them were very important.

Keyword

community elderly; cognitive therapy; voluntary workers

MeSH Terms

Aged*
Cognitive Therapy
Dementia
Depression
Humans
Insurance, Long-Term Care
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Nursing*
Social Welfare*
Students, Nursing*
Volunteers*