Scaffolding In Late Adulthood

For years, mental health issues have been one of the major problems affecting persons in late adulthood. Scaffolding is one of the techniques that have been develop to help curb this problem by engaging older adults in cognitive and physical exercises. It can be defined as,’’ a process that results in changes in brain function through strengthening of existing connections, formation of new connections, and disuse of connections that have become weak or faulty’’ (Park & Reuter-Lorenz, 2009).
One of the benefit of scaffolding that was revealed by the research done by dr. parks was that there was an increase in working memory in older adults who participated in the various activities. For instance, when the scaffolding theory was tested by Hyer,