Personalized Sensory Stimulation: Urban and Rural Dementia Care

Smart Brain Health Promotion Service Integrating Personalized Sensory Stimulation: Practical Validation and Application in Urban and Rural Dementia Care Centers

As Taiwan transitions into a super-aged society, rising dementia rates have severely strained long-term care systems. Although current daycare centers provide multi-modal programs, they remain limited to behavioral training, lacking precise interventions targeting brain function and neuroplasticity or integrated non-invasive neuromodulation technologies. Furthermore, urban-rural disparities in resources, staffing allocation, and tech experience hinder practical deployment, with empirical research remaining scarce. Addressing this gap, this study investigates a smart brain health promotion model combining personalized gamma music stimulation and cognitive training for mild cognitive impairment and dementia, while evaluating its feasibility across diverse care settings.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged ≥ 60 years
• The score of MoCA between 10 to 25

Exclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of other psychiatric or neurological disorders, and those with a history of neurological or psychiatric disorders that may affect cognitive assessment or performance. For example (but not limited to): Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, epilepsy, severe traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness, and stroke.
• Drug, Nicotine or alcohol addictions
• Serious heart, liver or kidney disorders, and visual, auditory or motor impairments interfering with neuropsychological tests.