Description

A cluster-randomized controlled trial will be conducted to examine the effects of a six-month VA exercise program incorporate the SPOZ technology in improving the cognitive behavioral impairment (using Montreal Cognitive Assessment and Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire) and sensory perceptual impairment (using Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia) of older adults with dementia in adult daycare centers. Using convenience sampling, 10 adult daycare centers with 122 older adults will be recruited, and then cluster-randomized by the daycare centers to an experimental or a control group. The experimental group will receive a 40-minute program 3 times a week for 6 months; the control group will maintain their routine activities. The two groups will be measured at three time points: before the intervention, and at three months and six months of the intervention.