"Walking on the road and suddenly forgetting the way home", "I couldn't remember what the apple was called when I saw the apple on the table", "My emotions were inexplicably uncontrollable......
In order to better serve the elderly over 60 years old and let more elderly people understand cognitive impairment and know about cognitive impairment, Wujiaochang Street actively promotes the construction of a friendly community for the elderly with cognitive impairment, and encourages the elderly to go out of their homes and into the community through activities such as popular science lectures on cognitive impairment, risk screening, group intervention, and individual intervention.
In the health promotion class, the relevant knowledge was shared with the elderly through the interpretation of cognitive impairment promotional videos, and many tips for preventing cognitive impairment were taught in a simple and easy-to-understand way, such as finger exercises and Baduanjin teaching. These activities enhance the correct understanding of dementia among the elderly, eliminate the fear and prejudice against dementia, and eliminate the stigma of the elderly towards dementia to a certain extent.
Within the community, screening for cognitive risk is also being carried out gradually. Through offline interviews, we will help some community residents complete risk screening, understand their brain health status in advance, and further grasp the basic data of the risk of cognitive impairment in the elderly in the community, promote community residents to participate in screening spontaneously, improve their attention to cognitive impairment, and understand their own brain health status.
Up to now, 1,450 risk screening questionnaires have been completed in Wujiaochang Street, of which a total of 532 elderly people with potential risks and 101 elderly people with medium and high risk have been found. Subsequently, these elderly people will be re-screened for risk groups, and referral services will be carried out for medium- and high-risk elderly people, and group intervention and individual intervention services will be provided.
Combined with the screening data of the previous year, the Wujiaochang Street Cognitive Impairment Support Center carried out group intervention activities to provide intervention training for the middle and high-risk elderly in the jurisdiction from the aspects of attention, execution, and logical thinking. At the same time, it also integrates the concept of healthy aging, positive aging and healthy and friendly community into the daily life of the elderly, adding more color and vitality to the happy life of the elderly. At the same time, according to the specific situation of the elderly, personalized intervention programs will be provided to the elderly, and the elderly will be invited to the support center or the elderly's home to better help the elderly solve the troubles caused by cognitive impairment.
In the future, Wujiaochang Street will continue to work with all parties to continuously deepen the community service function, further carry out the elderly cognitive impairment friendly community project, pass care and care to every corner of the community in need of help, alleviate the care pressure of families with cognitive impairment, enhance the happiness of the elderly in the community, strengthen community cohesion, and comprehensively create a healthy, comfortable and friendly social atmosphere.
Text/Image: Cheng Jiajia
Editor: Zhang Tianyi
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