Will tailoring activities to incorporate personal interests help people with dementia living in the community?

Four studies were conducted in the US and 1 in Brazil. The participants were people with dementia living in their own homes. The cognitive status of study participants varied, with Mini-Mental State Examination scores of 11.6 in one study and up to 23.9 in another. Some studies were conducted on participants with an early stage of mild cognitive impairment, and some were performed on those in a late stage of MCI. Interventions were mostly based on the Tailored Activity Programme, which is designed to select activities matched to the performance capabilities of the participants.