144
Participants
Start Date
September 15, 2017
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2022
Study Completion Date
March 31, 2025
ENGAGE SPANISH/MUSIC
Cognitive strategies to improve attention and memory skills (21 hours), leisure activities (music lessons or Spanish lessons) (27 hours), selected videogames to practice variable attention strategies (4 hours in class + about 10 hours at home). Total of 24 2-hour in class sessions over 4 months. The training will be delivered to small groups of 5 to 8 participants by a trained therapist for formal sessions and a professional music or Spanish teacher for leisure sessions.
ENGAGE DISCOVERY
Educational content about brain and healthy aging (21 hours), leisure activities (watching documentaries followed by group discussion and debate) (27 hours), selected non-stimulating videogames (4 hours in class + about 10 hours at home). Total of 24 2-hour in class sessions over 4 months. The training will be delivered to small groups of 5 to 8 participants by the same trained therapist as in the ENGAGE arm.
Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, Toronto
CRIUGM, Montreal
Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest
OTHER
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
OTHER_GOV
Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Geriatrie de Montreal
OTHER