摘要：Objective. Tai Chi is increasingly considered as an alternative therapy in the area of medicine andrehabilitation. Also, Tai Chi is viewed as an acceptable physical activity to preserve or enhance health. Also, thesymptoms are decreased significantly in groups of patients with distinct diseases, therefore improving the qualityof life connected to health by significantly reducing the symptoms associated with it.Methods. Our study consisted of a group of five patients with mild-moderate dementia performed coursesof Tai Chi for 6 months, with the frequency of 2-4 sessions per week. The patients were evaluated using thefollowing scales: Mini-Mental State Examination, Bristol Activities of Daily Living Scale, Cornell Scale forDepression in Dementia (CSDD), Quality of life in Alzheimer's Disease and the Neuropsychiatric InventoryQuestionnaire at the beginning of the study and at the end of the study.Results. The results of this study demonstrate that the elderly dementia patients achieve physical andpsychological benefits from Tai Chi. For our group of dementia patients, the benefits were demonstrated in theimprovement of physical and cognitive functions and also in the decreased levels of depression and anxiety.Conclusions. Studies were conducted in the literature on Tai Chi and dementia patients, and the resultsthat showed improvements in patients' lives, in terms of physical ability, but also with quality of life andcognitive ability support our conclusion of this study.
