Silver Agri Age: Longevity, Intrinsic Capacity and Cognitive Impairment Into Farmlands and Natural Environments: Updating Contexts Following the "Montessori" Action

Scientific Institute for Research Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)

Treatments: Other: Social activities with cognitive stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06754202

INRCA_005_2024

Details and patient eligibility

About

This project aims to enhance the intrinsic capacities of elderly individuals with mild cognitive impairment by promoting innovative activities based on the Montessori approach within the context of agricultural multifunctionality.

By selecting a rural environment with educational characteristics, we aim to involve individuals with mild cognitive deficits and their families in a personalized therapeutic journey. Through various activities, including horticulture, pet therapy, occupational therapies, sensory and food laboratories, we stimulate cognitive and motor skills, promoting a healthy and balanced lifestyle

Full description

Promoting innovative activities following the "Montessori" action in the context of the agricultural multifunctionality, in order to leverage the intrinsic capacity in older people with cognitive impairment.

• Identifying a rural environment with educational features.
• Identifying individuals with mild cognitive impairments and relations with their families.
• Outlining individual therapeutic goals for each participant through different activities:

horticulture, pet therapy, occupational therapies, sensory laboratories, functional food laboratories for a healthy and balanced diet suitable for the first symptoms of dementia, physical activity and continuous social activity between different generations.

• Horticulture, pet therapy, occupational therapy, sensory labs, physical activity, and social activities IN CONTINUITY between different generations.
• Spreading the results to a wide National and International audience.

Enrollment: 12 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 55+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI);
• Mini Mental State Examination ≥ 24;
• ability and willingness to sign informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Mini Mental State Examination < 24;
• severe visual impairment;
• inability to walk without help or assistance, Tinetti's scale <20

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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12 participants in 1 patient group

Subjects with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects with mild cognitive oimpairment (MCI) and self-sufficient in mobility that agreed to partecipate in various activities in rural enviroment.

Treatment:

Other: Social activities with cognitive stimulation