The Effect of the Traditional Board Game "Dam-Daman" on the Elderly Cognitive Functions at the Elderly Integrated Health Center, Pegongsoran, Pemalang District, Pemalang

The rising number of elderly is due to an increase in life expectancy. However, this can cause a illnesses, for example impaired cognitive function. Then, some efforts wear done maintain function the elderly, such as by increasing brain-stimulating avtivities. In particular, traditional board game dam-daman one non-pharmacological therapies inhibit decline objective study was determine effect on fuction at Elderly Integrated Health Center, Pegongsoran, Pemalang District, Pemalang.This used quasi-eksperimental pretest-posttest research design with control group design. sampling technique random which 32 people were selected. addition, MMSE employed instrument Independent Sample T-Test analyze data.The results showed that majority respondents neither went school and finished elementary school. Most them did physical activities daily activities. score indicated who received intervention (traditional dam-daman) obtained significan compared not.The test Asymp.Sig value 0.000 (P <0.05). So, there games Pemalang, Kolmogrov-Smirnov shows p <0.05.