The Effect of the Therapeutic Recreation to the Elderly with the Dementia : the Examination of the Improvement Effect in the Intellectual Function

Abstract

By carrying out the therapeutic recreation to the old people with the dementia that lives in facilities, we examined the therapeutic effect. We set the recreation of the each form of the reminiscence, imitation and thought type. Using three kinds of intelligence test, the effect of the therapeutic recreation was examined. The therapeutic recreation was carried out throughout for 6 months in each one hour weekly one time. As the result, the following existed : the person who improved the score of the intelligence test after the therapeutic recreation and lowered person. The person who the score lowered after the treatment had the medical history of cerebral apoplexy in a past. The person who improved the score after the treatment mostly did not have the medical history of cerebral apoplexy. The therapeutic recreation used in present investigation seemed to be mainly effective for the dementia that originated from the disuse syndrome. It is necessary to confirm the factor of the improvement effect observed this time further.