[Changes in Cognitive Functioning of Individuals with Dementia: Analyzing Performance Records in Cognitive Trainings].
The paper aims to illustrate how continuously recording performance in cognitive trainings conducted with people suffering from dementia helps to investigate long-term effects of these trainings.



The recorded training performance of 5 people with dementia is analyzed over the time interval of 1.5 years.



Cognitive functioning, indicated by training performance recordings, decreased significantly; the decrease was moderate, but less pronounced when the number of exercises was high.



The results of the analyses correspond with the clients' MMSE-scores, and the changes in cognitive functioning are in line with those documented in the literature. In sum, the results provide support for the validity of the methodological procedure.
Institut für Pädagogik und Psychologie, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Österreich.
Barbara
B
Stiglbauer
pro mente Oberösterreich, Linz, Österreich.
Martin
M
Böhm
D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans