Translating cognitive and everyday activity deficits into cognitive interventions in mild dementia and mild cognitive impairment

Abstract

This review highlights the need for further translation of the understanding of cognitive and everyday activity deficits into successful interventions for daily activities in MCI and early dementia. Hence, research is first required to link individual activities with cognitive domains.

Social health and dementia: a European consensus on the operationalization of the concept and directions for research and practice

“…Personal factors involve the person's (pre-morbid) personality, competencies and skills, life history and important life values, including spiritual values, but also the person's engagement in activities and relationships, his or her sense of usefulness, the awareness of having dementia, and the recognition and acceptance of care needs (Apte, Kielhofner, Paul-Ward, & Braveman, 2005;Ennals & Fossey, 2007;Kielhofner, 2008;Townsend & Polatajko, 2013). Disease-related factors involve dementia-related disabilities in the subsequent stages of the disease, other existing cognitive and physical disabilities, and co-morbidity (Giebel & Challis, 2015;Giebel, Challis, & Montaldi, 2015a;Muo et al, 2005).…”

Everyday Impact of Cognitive Interventions in Mild Cognitive Impairment: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…Giebel and Challis (2015) searched the literature in May of 2013 and found only three cognitive intervention studies in MCI that had an everyday functional ability outcome. These authors noted that while these three studies were encouraging that cognitive training could improve ADLs in MCI, the studies lacked clear descriptions of the interventions, apparent non-standardized administration of the interventions, and weak theoretical rationale for choice of cognitive strategy.…”

The newly revised interview for deteriorations in daily living activities in dementia (R-IDDD2): distinguishing initiative from performance at assessment

“…By understanding which IADLs are mostly impaired, interventions can target these IADLs specifically. In particular, a recent review on the efficacy of cognitive interventions for everyday activities showed that targeting individual activities, rather than global functioning, is more efficacious (Giebel and Challis, 2015).…”