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| Montessori methods yield cognitive gains in Alzheimer's day cares | | Author(s) | David E Vance, Robert J Porter |
| Journal title | Activities, Adaptation & Aging, vol 24, no 3, 2000 |
| Pages | pp 1-22 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Cognitive processes ; Performance ; Day services ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The effectiveness of a new form of cognitive intervention designed to help adults with Alzheimer's disease (AD) is investigated. AD day-care clients received 3 months of Montessori type activities and 3 months of routine activities in a within-subjects design. The effects of the two activity conditions were compared using changes in clients' scores on 22 cognitive measures. From this, a measure of performance after the Montessori activities, compared to after routine activities (Montessori Benefit Score - MBS) was calculated for each subject and a distribution of scores generated. Using a re-sampling statistic, the mean MBS was compared to the one obtained under a null hypothesis that no difference existed in performance between routine and Montessori conditions. The observed mean MBS (m=7.4) fell outside the 95% confidence interval for the means based on the null hypothesis, indicating that Montessori materials benefit the AD clients in this study. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000229201 A |
| Classmark | EA: DA: 5H: NM: 7T |
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