Aging and Diversity: An Active Learning Experience,by Chandra M. Mehorta and Lisa S. Wagner

This study evaluated a 10-week chair yoga intervention on cognition, balance, activities of daily living (ADLs), anxiety, and depression for persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Residents were assigned to three groups: (a) mild AD (n?=?6), (b) moderate AD (n?=?6), or (c) severe AD (n?=?7). There was no significant change in balance, anxiety, or cognition. ADLs showed a significant effect (p?=?.02), which suggests that yoga may have more benefit early in the progression of AD. Depression increased significantly (p < .01). Yoga over an extended period of time with a larger sample size may demonstrate benefits to persons with AD and serve as means to improve overall quality of life.