Raine Iris
University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
Biography
Raine Verar, Mariah Danica Velasco, Leah Vicente, Carmella Villanueva, and Beatrice Villespin are senior nursing students from the University of Santo Tomas, College of Nursing in the Philippines. They have studied gerontology and geriatric nursing in the oldest Catholic University in Asia. They were supervised and guided by Mr. Dennis S. Cuadra, a professor who is a Master’s degree holder in nursing. He specializes in adult health nursing and is currently teaching in the prestigious Catholic University of the Philippines. Their Mancala/Sungka wooden board game research intervention is a non-pharmacologic and cost-effective intervention, that aims to delay the onset of Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and reduce cognitive decline among elderly people. The researchers incorporated the study into a structured routine program in order to promote socialization, exercise, and stimulate the cognitive function among the elderlies.
Abstract
Abstract : Use of Mancala/ Sungka to reduce cognitive decline in institutionalized elderly in metro Manila