Dementia Observation Paper

My participants ranged from the ages 60 to 65 (I was not allowed to get the exact age of the participants due to an agreement I made). The participants consisted of four males and three females. They still had the ability solve certain mental task like a puzzle. Two of the female participants had progressed so far in dementia that they needed assistance to solve the puzzle. All the male participants were able to solve the puzzle without any kind of assistance. They were all able to walk without the assistance of a cane or a walker. There were one skinny, one average, and five fat participants. The male participants either had or were starting to develop bald head and only one female participant had gray hair. There were six white patients and one African American patient who participated in the activity.

The method used was an experimental activity aimed at problem solving in dementia patients. The puzzle had 4 boards, _ cubes, and _cards. The goal of the puzzle was to see if a dementia patient could actually improve their problem solving ability if they were given a puzzle of the same difficulty to do in two different trails with a one minute interval. Their dementias

Then I placed the board on each table with the blank portion of the cube facing up (they are not allowed to touch the cube). After that I went to each individual table to give directions of what I wanted them to do to make sure they understood the requirement. Then the participants were given a card that has a picture of what the cubes should be shaped into. They were given 20 – 30 minutes to build the design (during this time was carefully observing them as they designed the picture). Finally I collected the all the materials when every participant had completed the task and then restarted the process for the second trial (took me about 3 minutes to undo