Multi-component Cognitive Intervention for Older Adults With Mixed Cognitive Abilities

"2 hours per session: consisted primarily of modified everyday cognitive tasks, which were adjusted for individuals and for the group by the group leader to provide an error-reduction learning environment. Each session consisted of: (1) Warm-up: a 15-30 minute dual task of motor-cognitive exercises that increase arousal level and provide cognitive stimulation. For example, at the beginning of the group, the members would sing a song, mimic dance movement of the group leader, and clap hands when specific words occur in the song.~(2) 30-minutes guided and repetitive practices of contextually-relevant simulated everyday cognitive tasks with one 15 to 20- minute break in between; Cognitive tasks addressed complex attention, visual scanning, auditory attention, visual and motor memory, auditory memory, prospective memory, executive functioning, problem solving, etc."