The Society of Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy and Korea Forest Welfare Institute Sign MOU for Cognitive Rehabilitation Forest Healing R&D

Chairman Choi Seong-hye of the Cognitive Mediation Therapy Association (right) and Nam Tae-heon, President of the Korea Forest Welfare Promotion Institute, are signing a business agreement and taking a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwanju] The Cognitive Intervention Therapy Association announced on the 20th that it has signed a memorandum of understanding for mutual cooperation in the prevention and treatment of cognitive impairment and dementia with the Korea Forest Welfare Promotion Agency under the Korea Forest Service.

Through this agreement, the association plans to propose cognitive intervention therapy methods to expand the scope of forest healing using forest resources and to activate and encourage related research. The Promotion Agency will actively provide forest welfare facilities that can be used for cognitive intervention therapy, offer forest healing programs linked to cognitive intervention therapy, and engage in research and development.

Choi Seonghye, Chairperson of the Cognitive Intervention Therapy Association (Professor of Neurology at Inha University Hospital), said, "Various cognitive intervention therapies are being researched to improve cognitive function in old age, and I believe that forest healing using forest resources can definitely be helpful." She added, "If various cognitive intervention therapy research and development using Korea's forest resources are carried out through this agreement, it could open a new path for managing cognitive function and preventing dementia in old age."

Nam Taeheon, President of the Korea Forest Welfare Promotion Agency, stated, "The Promotion Agency is promoting various projects such as program development and provision, and effectiveness verification research for health management and dementia prevention in the elderly through forest healing." He continued, "Through cooperation with expert organizations, we will continuously pursue the development, advancement, and research of programs effective in maintaining and improving cognitive function to contribute to overcoming the aging crisis through forest healing."

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