Effects of community-aged care program(CACP) on cognitive function and fall risk in the elderly

VernacularTitle:社区老年护理计划对老年人认知功能及跌倒风险的干预效果
Author: Jie WANG ¹ ; Yongzhen MO ; Qingling SHI ; Ling CHEN ; Zhongping QIAN ; Qingqing ZHU
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1. 江苏省老年医院护理部
Keywords: Cognition disorders; Aged; Fall; Combination of medical care and pension; Community
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2017;(6):813-816
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To evaluate the impact of community-aged care program (CACP) on cognitive function and fall risk among elderly adults.Methods A total of 91 elderly were included in Senior Apartment of Jiangxi province by cluster sampling and they were divided into the control group and the CACP group. Health assessment and functional screening were conducted before intervention and nine months after intervention. Results Before intervention, there were no difference between two groups in aspects of general social demo-graphic data, clinical characteristics, cognitive function, depression, fall risk, daily life activities ability and quality of life(P>0.05). After intervention, indictors of health assessment of CACP group were superior to those of the control group (P>0.05).Conclusions CACP intervention could improve cognitive function effectively and reduce fall risk for the elderly.