The Effects of Welfare Center's Cognitive Improvement Program on the Community Elderly Provided by Nursing Student Volunteers and Social Welfare
10.15715/kjhcom.2019.14.2.93
- Author:
In Sun JANG
1
;
EunJi KIM
Author Information
1. Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Korean Bible University, Korea. agape90@bible.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
community elderly;
cognitive therapy;
voluntary workers
- MeSH:
Aged;
Cognitive Therapy;
Dementia;
Depression;
Humans;
Insurance, Long-Term Care;
Mild Cognitive Impairment;
Nursing;
Social Welfare;
Students, Nursing;
Volunteers
- From:
Health Communication
2019;14(2):93-102
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
