?A study to assess the effectiveness of cognitive exercises on cognitive abilities of elderly people with dementia problem in selected old age home, Chennai?.

The aim and objective of the study was to assess the level of dementia among the elderly before giving cognitive exercise, the effectiveness of cognitive exercises among old age people with dementia and to determine the association between post test level of dementia and selected demographic variables such as age, sex, education, of the elderly. A pre experimental approach was used and a one group pre test post test approach was adopted. A total of 60 elders participated in the present study, who had either mild or moderate dementia and were residing in selected old age home at Chennai and those who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. A standardized tool was used for data collection after getting their informed consent. Kingston Dementia Rating Scale was used to categorize the participants as whether they have mild, moderate or severe level of dementia. Purposive sampling technique was adopted to select the sample of the study. The study concluded that cognitive exercise improves the level of cognitive abilities of elderly people with dementia problem residing in old age homes. The difference was found to be statistically significant at p<0.001 level which indicates the effectiveness of cognitive exercise in improving the cognitive abilities. Such exercises are beneficial not only for improving the cognitive abilities of elderly but also to improve their quality of life and peaceful aging.