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Table 3 Example of weekly plan for MAKS Therapy

From: The German day-care study: multicomponent non-drug therapy for people with cognitive impairment in day-care centres supplemented with caregiver counselling (DeTaMAKS) – study protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial

One-week plan for MAKS

Social warm-up session 10 min

Sensorimotor activation training 30 min

Break 10 min

Cognitive training 30 Min

Training in activities of daily living 40 min

Monday

Thought-provoking impulse: what I am grateful for

Balance training

 

Projector exercise: finding pairs

Preparing a dessert with fruit, yoghurt, and pistachios

Tuesday

Breathing meditation

Table football

 

Projector exercise: putting picture stories in the right order

Making a key rack Part 1

Wednesday

Comparing the past and today: What does the season of spring mean to me? What did it mean in other life stages?

Towel exercises

 

Paper-and-pencil exercise: linking sentences together

Making a key rack Part 2

Thursday

Perception exercise: smelling; fruit

Playing darts with grain pillows

 

Projector exercise: finding shadows

Baking a cake

Friday

Provoking interaction: How did I feel when I arrived and how did I get here today?

Combining gross motor skills and fine motor skills: setting the table for tea

 

Projector exercise: “What goes together?”

Café

Tea-time group with music and dancing