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To investigate the effect of cognitive stimulation task for community living elderly people with MCI on cognitive function and activity participation.

Subjects were 15 community-dwelling elderly persons. The cognitive behavior therapy included the warming up, cognitive stimulation program, cognitive activity program, and cooling down. MMSE-DS to evaluate the cognitive state, and K-ACS to evaluate the activity participation level were conducted with all subjects before and after the intervention in the same method. All statistical analysis method were performed using SPSS version 21.

Among all participants, men were 4(26.67%) and women were 11(73.33%). significant difference of cognitive state was found between the pre and the post-test. A number of studies have shown that cognitive stimulation program can help maintain opposite to cognitive decline. K-ACS was significant differences between leisure (p=0.034) and social activities(p=0.028). The mean instrumental activities score increased, but this was not significant. This is similar to the result of a study that meaningful activities through the intervention are an important factor on the life of elders.

This research provide useful information for designing efficient interventions and identifying their good influence for progress of community involvement. Future research should examine the effects of community activities on the social impact of the elderly.