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Cognitive training and cognitive rehabilitation for people with early-stage dementia
Author(s)	Linda Clare
Journal title	Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, vol 13, no 1, February 2003
Pages	pp 75-84
Source	journals.cambridge.org
Keywords	Dementia ; Early ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Rehabilitation ; Literature reviews.
Annotation	Concepts of rehabilitation and person-centred care in early-stage dementia point to the need for interventions that are relevant to everyday life, with the potential to optimise functioning and well-being, and support selfhood and social involvement. Cognitive training involves guided practices on a set of standardised tasks that aim to address specific aspects of cognition (e.g. memory, language). Cognitive rehabilitation involves individually designed interventions aimed at addressing specific practical difficulties identified by the person with dementia and/or the family caregiver that are relevant to everyday life. This literature review concludes that while researchers have given much effort to developing general cognitive training programmes, many of these programmes lack direct relevance to everyday life for people with early-stage dementia. Cognitive rehabilitation techniques, on the other hand, offer more promise for a person-centred focus. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040303202 A
Classmark	EA: 4J: DB: LM: 64A
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