investigating the effect of cognitive rehabilitation on the memory improvement of patients with alzheimer

Objectives: alzheimer is the most prevalent cognitive disturbance with a high spread rate among the elderly. the current research aims to investigate the impact of cognitive rehabilitation on the memory improvement of alzheimer disease patients.methods: this was a semi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test designs. the statistical population in baghdad city, iraq, in 2021 included 60 patients with alzheimer and was divided into an experimental (n=30) and a control group (n=30). the patient’s cognitive abilities were assessed before the intervention (pre-test), promptly after the intervention (post-test), and 2 months later (follow-up). the experimental group had twenty-eight 45-min sessions of training based on the montessori method (2 sessions per week). the data were analyzed via the spss software, version 19, using the independent t-test and repeated measures analysis of variance. the results had a p<0.05.results: the findings of the independent t-test demonstrated no significant difference between the scores of both groups during the pre-test stage (p>0.05); however, the difference was significant during the post-test and follow-up stages (p<0.001). in addition, the findings of the repeated measure analysis of variance indicated a significant difference between both groups’ mean scores in the post-test and follow-up (p<0.001).discussion: cognitive rehabilitation can help patients with memory disorders and positively affect their memory performance.