I don't know what year or month it is, I forget how to use my daily appliances, I often forget about dating with friends... The "confused" performance of these elderly people may be the embodiment of the symptoms of "cognitive impairment". 21 September is World Alzheimer's Day. On September 19, a special sports meeting was held in Changbai Xincun Street to let families in the community further understand Alzheimer's disease, and better care for the "old baby" of each family through early recognition and early intervention.
"Clench both hands, thumb out, other four fingers inside, and then pop out hard..." With the beat of music, more than 20 elderly people learned how to do finger aerobics. Four fun items were also set up in the form of punch points: magic hoop, knowledge quiz, dexterity pinball and vitality bowling, which allowed the elderly to experience various activities in a pleasant atmosphere and enhance their understanding of Alzheimer's disease.
The theme of this sports event is "Race against Memory, Be a Watchman of Memory", and the project setting is quite exquisite. For example, the dexterous pinball project improves everyone's hand-eye coordination; The knowledge quiz session allows the elderly to learn more about Alzheimer's disease by answering questions.
At the scene, Yang Junjie, medical doctor of the Mental Health Center affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, brought a vivid science lecture to the elderly, so that more elderly people can recognize Alzheimer's disease and eliminate everyone's fear caused by information asymmetry. "In the past, I always felt that it was normal for people to not remember things when they were old, that is, their memory deteriorated. When I came to this event, I learned that it turned out to be a disease. Aunt Liu sighed.
Yangpu's care for the elderly is constantly walking. This year is the first year of the implementation of Changbai Xincun Street Cognition Friendly Community, and the Street Service Office regularly cooperates with professional volunteers from the jurisdiction to go into the community to conduct science popularization and screening evaluation. Recently, through the risk screening of cognitive impairment in 2,000 elderly people in the jurisdiction, 234 cases of low-risk cognitive impairment, 213 cases of medium risk and 93 cases of high-risk were found.
Mr. and Mrs. Zheng, who participated in the Games, found that their Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test (MoCA) scores were relatively low through recent risk screening, which means that both couples have mild cognitive impairment, that is, they are in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. "Since Alzheimer's disease is irreversible, early detection and early intervention can greatly delay the progression of the disease." Mr. Zheng told reporters, "This year, I found that my memory ability has declined, especially I can't remember recent events, and after screening, I finally found the cause." ”
Mr. and Mrs. Zheng also went to the Changbai Xincun Street Dementia Friendly Community Support Center located on the 1st floor, No. 7, Lane 10, Tumen Road, for further brain health checks. This is the first cognitive support center in Changbai Xincun Subdistrict, which was completed in April this year and equipped with intervention equipment, providing long-term free services such as early professional screening, non-drug intervention training, family rehabilitation, and resource links for the elderly in the community.
With the help of the doctor, Mr. and Mrs. Zheng attended a free 10-day rehabilitation course at the cognitive support center. Among them, there is ear vagus nerve stimulation intervention training, by stimulating the ear vagus nerve, to achieve the purpose of improving memory, each training half an hour, belongs to a kind of non-drug intervention training, can help the elderly away from the "thief of years", protect their "memory home". In addition, there is a heartstring wall, allowing the elderly to connect the corresponding labels to the corresponding mood lines, make their own heartstring maps, and express their emotions. "After 10 days of treatment, the test score improved significantly." Mr. Zheng felt fortunate to have received timely and effective intervention before his condition became serious.
Huang Yuhao, head of the Changbai Xincun Street Cognitive Impairment Friendly Community Project, told reporters that as the third batch of pilot streets and towns of cognitive impairment friendly communities in Shanghai, the Changbai Xincun Street Service Office often holds a variety of activities in the community, such as knowledge lecture halls, memory games, finger warm-up exercises, magic hoop competitions, etc., to help the elderly in the community exercise and activate the brain, and also provide a platform for Alzheimer's patients and their families to communicate. Ms. Wang, who participated in the activity, said that she needs to take care of her elderly mother with cognitive impairment for a long time, "It's good to participate in such activities, the family has dementia, the most uncomfortable thing is the relatives around them, and the family members who encounter the same situation can encourage each other." ”
Tips
During the event, Dr. Yang Junjie brought two intervention methods: first, people with cognitive impairment and risk can gradually recall news content by watching "News Network" to make their brains active; Secondly, you can spend ten minutes a day, play some puzzle brain exercise games, and use the brain regularly, thereby delaying cognitive decline.
Source: Shanghai Yangpu