It is well known that cognitive training such as intellectual games, handicrafts, and life skills training can slow down the decline of mental abilities and reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in older adults. It is estimated that by 2050, the number of people over the age of 65 will increase to 1.1 billion worldwide, and about 37 million of them will develop Alzheimer’s disease. A study published in the open reading section of the Biomedical Journal of the Center for Biomedical Sciences shows that cognitive training can improve reasoning, memory, language and hand-eye coordination in healthy older adults. At the same time, intellectual activity can reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in healthy individuals. Little is known about the effects of mental exercise in healthy individuals. A study is being conducted in China to understand the impact of cognitive training on older adults living independently. The trial employs older adults between the ages of 65 and 75 who are required to have good vision, hearing and communication skills and to be able to complete all training independently. A total of 12 weeks of 1-hour training sessions were conducted twice a week. The training was a multifaceted, systematic, homework-like exercise that included memory, reasoning, problem solving, map reading, handicraft making, health education and exercise, or simply reasoning skills concentration. And according to our tests, after 6 months, the effects of these intensive trainings slowly manifested themselves. The results of this experiment were successful, as Professors Chunbo Li and Wenyuan Wu, who led the experiment, explained: “In terms of cognitive training to improve all levels of mental ability, more exhaustive training, relative to the experimental control group without any training, improves memory. And these training effects were long-term, even when we performed additional assessments 1 year later we could see improvements in mental ability assessment scores.” This study shows that cognitive training treatment can prevent mental decline in older adults and improve their ability to live independently in the future.