Promoting Healthy Ageing with Cognitive Exercise

INTERVENTION: Participation in 2 x 90 minute cognitive activity sessions per week across 5 weeks. Sessions run with groups of participants (Approximately 8 people per group) with a facilitator running each session and pencil and paper activities completed. The pencil and paper activities include memory tasks, measures of attention, puzzles and word games. CONDITION: cognitive decline mild cognitive impairment PRIMARY OUTCOME: Cambridge Cognitive Examination of the Elderly, Cognitive Scale Revised (CAMCOG‐R). The primary outcome is change in CAMCOG‐R scores from baseline. SECONDARY OUTCOME: California Verbal Learning Test ‐ II (CVLT‐II). This test measures memory. INCLUSION CRITERIA: ‐ Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) ‐ Willing to travel to study site ‐ Fluent in written and spoken English ‐ Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) score >23