Adaptación de actividades de estimulación cognitiva en la población de adultos mayores de los centros de adultos mayores “San José”, centro de adultos mayores del IESS y adultos mayores voluntarios de la ciudad de Loja-Ecuador.

Abstract

The investigation has as purpose adapt the activities of cognitive stimulation of the program OnMente realized by Mouriz, et al. (2016), for the older adults population of the city of Loja-Ecuador. Information was collected sociodemográfic and the cognitive status of 15 elders, distributed in different centers: IESS (n=5), San Jose (n=5) and volunteers (n=5). It was evaluated across: Mini-Mental, Cambridge cognitive examination, Scale of global deterioration; and for the development of the manual there is use the analysis of the registration sheets of the program. The methodological design is not experimental, with a mixed method, quantitative and qualitative, between a transverse study and a descriptive scope. The results obtained of the cards of record of the program and the analysis of the same ones, it allowed the development of the manual, in the different sections as; a) increase size of the letters, numbers, figures and images, b) implementation of color, c) modification in the terminology of words, d) and didactic material was suggested to include. The importance of the investigation is to elaborate a guidance manual that allows the suitable use of the activities, for the assessor.