ACE-Seniors (Activities for Cognitive Enhancement of Seniors)
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Healthy Studies |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Other |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 70 - Any |
| Updated: | 5/27/2013 |
| Start Date: | March 2010 |
| End Date: | December 2012 |
| Contact: | Leonor Urbain, MS |
| Email: | lurbain@stanford.edu |
| Phone: | (650) 721-3308 |
Cognitive aging and cognitive decline are important public health concerns in an aging US
population. The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trail among healthy older
adults to assess effects of several innovative activities on remediation of age-related
cognitive decline.
Inclusion Criteria:
- 70 years of age or older.
- No other household member already enrolled.
- In reasonably good health: no serious cognitive problem; free of any condition that
would limit your ability to participate in Tai Chi classes (a moderate intensity
exercise), in Qigong exercises, in a writing program, or in a seminar series.
- Not presently engaged in a regular exercise program; not presently engaged in Tai Chi
Qigong or another form of Eastern exercise; and not a regular writer.
- Not now engaged in research to enhance cognitive skills.
- Willing to travel to Stanford for ACE-Seniors program classes. Planning to be in the
area during most of the coming year;
- Willing to be assigned randomly (by chance) to one of the ACE-Senior activities.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Failure to meet inclusion criteria.
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