Evaluating the efficacy of a modified mindfulness program in enhancing psychosocial wellbeing and cognitive functions of community dwelling older adults
Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare May 10, 2024 Samuel Dun Hai Foo, Leanne Li Yan Tham, Kirsten Anne Yu En Tay et al.
A modified Mindfulness for Senior Wellbeing (MSW) program improved mindfulness, sleep quality, working memory, episodic memory, and cognitive flexibility in older adults, and reduced worrying thoughts related to a financial subscale of flourishing. Nineteen community-dwelling older adults (mean age 69.7 years) completed a 5-week mindfulness training in a single-group pre-post design. Other measures of psychosocial wellbeing showed slight but not statistically significant improvements. The authors suggest the locally tailored program is feasible and may bring positive benefits to older adults.