The role of occupational therapy in improving cognitive status at the stage of mild cognitive impairment in the elderly

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Background: The subject of remembrance affects our daily lives, so functional therapists have undertaken several techniques and strategies as well as therapeutic programs to preserve memory, focus and autonomy in older people's lives for as long as possible.

Results and discussion: The use of functional therapists for the realistic orientation therapy program and voluntary testing and counselling program has an effective impact on memory treatment in the elderly and has had important results on cognitive function. After these programs were applied, the Allen scale was used to examine the cognitive level to ensure that their condition improved. A set of tests such as the Mini Mental State Test and the Point Binding Test used part B and measured logical memory on the Wishsler Memory Scale on the group of individuals to whom a multi-field intervention was applied to measure how well their cognitive performance improved after the end of the intervention.

Four types of interventions were used, namely, one-sided, multi-field, computerized and multimedia interventions. They all showed a significant improvement in cognitive function. Job therapists view Cook's theory as very useful, and the job-centric cognitive rehabilitation program has had a positive impact on cognitive function and cognitive abilities, improving their focus and performance in their daily life activities.

Conclusion: Occupational therapists have the potential to make valuable contributions to the development and improvement of the cognitive status of the elderly and the techniques, programs and evaluations they use in the treatment of this condition have proved effective.