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Front. Psychiatry
Sec. Aging Psychiatry
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1422037
This article is part of the Research Topic Healthy Aging in Action: Addressing the Challenges of Cognitive Decline and Dementia and Contributing to a Better Future for Population Aging View all articles

Community-Based Interventions for Mitigating Cognitive-Linguistic Decline in Older Adults

Provisionally accepted
Xiaoming Tian Xiaoming Tian *Wenshu Ding Wenshu Ding
  • Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi'an, China

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    Introduction: This study focuses on exploring the effectiveness of interventions in two community-based language rehabilitation care centers located in an economically underdeveloped region of northwest China. Method: The research focuses on 35 older adults with cognitive-linguistic decline enrolled in both centers. The interventions provided to the participants include auditory training, sign language use enhancement, second language interest classes, and the promotion of elderly-mode applications on smartphones. Results: The interventions were particularly effective in enhancing auditory processing and language comprehension skills. Additionally, the promotion of elderly-mode applications on smartphones proved to be a valuable tool in improving participants’ language cognition. Conclusion: The study underscores the importance of tailored community-based interventions in improving language skills and cognition and provides a basis for further research in this area.

    Keywords: older adults, cognitive-linguistic health, Rehabilitation, rural areas, Interventions

    Received: 23 Apr 2024; Accepted: 17 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Tian and Ding. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Xiaoming Tian, Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi'an, China

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