Cognitive status of elderly adults resident in closed care centers of the Falcón Venezuela state (2017)

Abstract

Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), is a transition stage between cognitive changes of normal aging and an advance of dementia. The objective was to analyze the cognitive health status of elderly people living in Closed Call Centers of the State of Falcón. With non-experimental, descriptive study, field design. The population was 86 older adults, the intentional sample with exclusion criteria: older adults with dementia and those unable to communicate with the interviewer was 27 older adults, as instrument the Pfeiffer questionnaire. Results: 59.25% of older adults have a normal cognitive health status, 14.82% mild cognitive impairment and 25.91% moderate cognitive impairment. The deficits were temporo-spatial orientation and calculation. It is concluded: cognitive deficits are a pathology of high incidence in residential centers, they can interfere in their autonomy, independence and their quality of life. Periodic functional assessment is recommended to detect and intervene in time such deficits.