Clinical trial NCT06754202: Silver Agri Age: Longevity, Intrinsic Capacity and Cognitive Impairment Into Farmlands and Natural Environments: Updating Contexts Following the "Montessori" Action
Official title: Silver Agri Age: Longevity, Intrinsic Capacity and Cognitive Impairment Into Farmlands and Natural Environments: Updating Contexts Following the "Montessori" Action
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
Keywords: older people
mild cognitive impairment
social farming
montessori approach
Lead sponsor: Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Cura per Anziani
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Regione Marche
First posted: 2024-12-31
Enrollment: 12
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 55
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: pre-post study
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: This project aims to enhance the intrinsic capacities of elderly individuals with mild cognitive impairment by promoting innovative activities based on the Montessori approach within the context of agricultural multifunctionality.

By selecting a rural environment with educational characteristics, we aim to involve individuals with mild cognitive deficits and their families in a personalized therapeutic journey. Through various activities, including horticulture, pet therapy, occupational therapies, sensory and food laboratories, we stimulate cognitive and motor skills, promoting a healthy and balanced lifestyle

Detailed description: Promoting innovative activities following the "Montessori" action in the context of the agricultural multifunctionality, in order to leverage the intrinsic capacity in older people with cognitive impairment.

* Identifying a rural environment with educational features.
* Identifying individuals with mild cognitive impairments and relations with their families.
* Outlining individual therapeutic goals for each participant through different activities:

horticulture, pet therapy, occupational therapies, sensory laboratories, functional food laboratories for a healthy and balanced diet suitable for the first symptoms of dementia, physical activity and continuous social activity between different generations.

* Horticulture, pet therapy, occupational therapy, sensory labs, physical activity, and social activities IN CONTINUITY between different generations.
* Spreading the results to a wide National and International audience.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI);
* Mini Mental State Examination ≥ 24;
* ability and willingness to sign informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Mini Mental State Examination \< 24;
* severe visual impairment;
* inability to walk without help or assistance, Tinetti's scale \<20

Primary outcomes:
measure: Changes in the positive and negative affects
timeFrame: At baseline and after 9 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ancona
country: Italy
facility: INRCA Hospital
city: Fermo
country: Italy
facility: INRCA Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: IRCCS INRCA
name: Cristina Gagliardi, MsC
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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