Yangcheon-gu Develops 'Dementia Management Program' Utilizing Broadcasting

Development and Demonstration Project of Visual Therapy Dementia Teaching Materials Using Past Broadcast Video Data for Cognitive Stimulation to be Promoted Until the End of the Year

Memory Activation and Positive Emotional Enhancement Through Familiar Videos for Patients with Mild Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment

Signed a Business Agreement with MBC In-house Venture Company ‘DingDing University’ to Conduct Customized Reminiscence Therapy Program

Yangcheon-gu (Mayor Lee Gijae) announced that it plans to produce a dementia prevention and management program for residents suffering from mild dementia and mild cognitive impairment by promoting the ‘Development and Demonstration Project of Cognitive Stimulation Reminiscence Therapy Dementia Teaching Materials’ using past broadcast video data from broadcasting companies until the end of the year.

This project, which combines reminiscence therapy and broadcasting, is designed to help patients with mild dementia and mild cognitive impairment prevent memory decline and enhance positive emotions, reduce depression, and improve sociality by recalling old memories and familiar events through videos frequently encountered during their youth.

In fact, research on reminiscence therapy using past broadcast materials has been conducted by the UK’s BBC and Japan’s NHK, confirming significant results in activating the memory of dementia patients.

According to the Central Dementia Center, considering that more than half (58%) of dementia patients are in the mild stage and the prevalence of mild cognitive impairment, the pre-dementia stage, approaches 20%, this project is meaningful in that it proactively prepares a preventive program covering not only mild dementia patients but also those with mild cognitive impairment.

To this end, the district previously signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ‘DingDing University,’ an MBC-affiliated venture company, agreeing to jointly conduct a video-based customized reminiscence therapy program by receiving broadcast materials from the 1970s to 1990s for which copyrights are held, until the end of the year.

The broadcast videos to be used for dementia management are composed of topics effective for memory recall, such as ▲old dramas ▲summer vacations ▲weddings ▲Seoul Olympics ▲market scenes ▲holidays ▲means of transportation. The district will apply these videos to the cognitive program at the Yangcheon-gu Dementia Safety Center and begin full-scale demonstration work, including inducing reminiscence through the development of cognitive stimulation questionnaires.

Both organizations plan to verify effectiveness through continuous feedback and later introduce reminiscence therapy teaching materials for dementia cognitive intervention programs that can be universally used.

Lee Gijae, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, said, “This project, which combines reminiscence therapy, one of the major non-pharmacological dementia treatments, with broadcast video materials, will be a groundbreaking attempt to elevate the level of local government dementia management services by one step,” adding, “We will continue to strive to expand health infrastructure so that all residents can live healthy lives within Yangcheon.”

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