What is it about?
Cognitive function and mindfulness level of older adults (OAs) with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)/pre-dementia improved after an 8-week group-based Mindfulness for MCI program intervention. MCI participants who meditated at a higher level for the period between the start of the intervention and the end of an 1-year follow-up (total period of 59 weeks), showed greater improvements in cognitive function and everyday activities functioning.
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Why is it important?
Our study yielded further evidence for the potential benefits of long-term mindfulness practice as a feasible and efficacious non-pharmacological therapeutic intervention option for older adults with MCI. The key findings of potential improvements in cognitive function and everyday activities functioning associated with long-term mindfulness practices may help MCI older adults better self-manage their neurodegenerative condition, and reduce the burden of care experienced by their support person and family.
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Despite the challenges involved in this entire research project, I find it personally satisfying and meaningful to have resolved them. I hope these promising findings, though preliminary, would add to the body of evidence in this field to demonstrate the potential efficacy of mindfulness training as a non-pharmacological intervention for older adults with pre-dementia as there is currently no effective cure.
Wee Ping Wong
Monash University
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This page is a summary of: The Effects of Mindfulness on Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease Reports, December 2017, IOS Press,
DOI: 10.3233/adr-170031.
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