Identification of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Elderly Population

Normal aging refers to growing old with any apparent mental/ physical disease or illness, and this tends to be quite common for individuals while growing old. Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) which may be early sign of dementia, can be defined as subjectivedeclined capacity of cognitive functioning and does not have impact upon daily functioning. Early identification of MCI among elderly population is necessary to intervene the population and provides measures to manage unfavorable effect of neuro-degenerative disorders. The aim of the present study is to identify mild cognitive impairment in elderly population. In the present study, 100 individuals with the age range of 60-80 years of both genders were taken. MMSE were administered to assess the presence of cognitive impairment of the sample. The result suggests that, there are significant impairments in the domains of cognitive functioning. Thus, elderly population has the probability to have mild cognitive impairment, and further, which can be manifested as dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. Early identification and implication of treatment intervention could restrict the cognitive deficits.

Keywords: Elderly population; Mild cognitive impairment; Neurodegenerative disorders.