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主讲人简介：

      楼玮群博士，现任香港大学秀圃老年研究中心总监，香港大学社会工作及社会行政学系副教授。楼博士的研究领域在社会家庭老年学，包括认知障碍症、中风、生命晚期的亲属照顾者，华裔长者的社会和心理健康，以及实证为本的提升老年人健康的干预研究等。楼博士还热心服务国际和本地社会，现任香港安老事物委员会委员、统计咨询委员会委员、小区投资共享基金委员会委员、长者学苑发展基金委员会委员、香港老年学会理事、美国老年学会资深会员等。

讲座内容简介：

          Purpose: This study evaluated the effectiveness of a tablet-based, volunteer-led standardized intervention for cognitively impaired older people in enhancing their cognitive and emotional well-being. Methods: Sixty-one community-dwelling older adults were recruited from public rental households and fulfilled inclusion criteria. All participants were suffer from cognitive impairment as assessed by Montreal Cognitive Assessment but without neuropsychiatric behavioral problem.

          Intervention: based on body-mind-spirit well-being theoretical framework, a structured eight-session intervention protocol was developed by social workers. Volunteers who received standardized training delivered in-home intervention sessions applying a tablet-based solution. A single-group pretest-posttest design was adopted for evaluation.

          Findings: Fifty-seven participants completed the intervention and pre- and post-assessment. A paired sample t test indicated that the structured intervention significantly enhanced participants’ cognitive ability, showed moderate effects on reducing depressive symptoms, and small effects on increasing instrumental activity of daily living functions.

          Conclusion: This study demonstrated the feasibility and effectiveness of a tablet-based volunteer-led structured intervention for improving cognition and affective well-being of community dwelling older adults.

主办： 中南大学人事处、科学研究部

承办：中南大学公共管理学院研究生会