Bilişsel Rehabilitasyonun Alzheimer Hastalığı ve Hafif Bilişsel Bozukluk Üzerindeki Etkisi

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) have taken their place among the most common neurodegenerative diseases by affecting countless people around the world. Mild cognitive impairment can be defined as the earliest stage of deterioration in the cognitive functions. While impairment in more than one cognitive domain can be seen in MCI, it is seen that individuals can show some level of functionality in daily life. Also, Alzheimer's and MCI cause degeneration in some parts of the brain (parietal lobe, frontal lobe, temporal lobe), and disease is progressed, shrinkage may occur in some brain regions. Thus, a series of intervention techniques have been introduced to improve the daily living activities of individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's and MCI. Cognitive rehabilitation is an individualized process that focuses on improving daily living activities. Furthermore, the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation on Alzheimer's disease and MCI in numerous cognitive domains is proven by different researchers. Different researchers prove that different cognitive rehabilitation programs are effectively improving the cognitive, social, and psychological domains of individuals' lives. Therefore, this literature review aims to examine the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation programs applied after 2015 to individuals with Alzheimer's and MCI and to compile the examined findings.