A Feasibility Study of Brain‐WISE: A Group‐Based, Person‐Centered Dementia Risk Reduction Program
Matthew L. Cohen, Kimberly Van Buren, Mindy J Myers, James M Ellison, Christopher R. Martens, Alyssa M Lanzi · 2025
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Matthew Cohen and five co-authors test Brain-WISE, a short group program that aims to cut dementia risk in older adults. The name is short for Brain Wellness Information, Support, and Empowerment. The program runs as six group sessions of 90 minutes each, led by speech-language therapists. Each session pairs a lecture on brain health with individual and group activities, plus health goals set by each person.
The team ran two pilot waves with 49 adults aged 64 to 93 and refined the program between waves. Attendance stayed high, at 97 percent and then about 93 percent, and most members rated the program as worth their time. After the second wave, knowledge rose, diet scores and exercise improved, and perceived barriers to change fell. Self-efficacy, the sense of control, did not move. The team now calls for a full trial.
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| CREATOR | Matthew L. Cohen, Kimberly Van Buren, Mindy J Myers, James M Ellison, Christopher R. Martens, Alyssa M Lanzi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |