The relationship between the higher-level functional capacity and executive functioning in the elderly requiring home-based support and care

Abstract

[Purpose] This study aimed to examine the higher-level functional capacity and cognitive functioning of the elderly with home-based support and care needs receiving daycare services. [Subjects and Methods] Subjects were 26 elderly people with homebased support and care needs (80.5±7.0 years old) receiving rehabilitation services at daycare facilities. The TMIG Index of Competence was conducted to evaluate their higherlevel functional capacity, and the MMSE, TMT-A, N-CAB, FAB, and MST were used to evaluate their cognitive functioning. [Results] A correlation was observed in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL), which is a subscale of the TMIG Index of Competence,with the N-CAB, FAB, and MST. [Conclusions] The results ndicate that, of theelderlyrequiring home-based support and care, those with lower IADL are associated with a decline in information-processing ability and executive functioning, suggesting that a program aiming to promote information-processing ability and executive functioning may be useful to improve their IADL function, the subscale of the TMIG Index of Competence.