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Background: Aging is often characterized by cognitive impairment that sometimes exceed the expected for normal aging. These changes that do not meet criteria for dementia establish the cognitive impairment no dementia (CIND) that, regardless of etiology, has a high conversion rate to dementia. Aims: To investigate the effect of a Group Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Program (GNRP) in cognitive, executive and emotional functioning of institutionalized elderly with CIND. Methods: The sample included 24 elderly individuals, aged between 67 and 92 years. Twelve elderly underwent the GNRP and twelve elderly stayed on a waiting list. The study had a quasi-experimental design and was blind in the re-assessment. The ten interventions took 90 minutes per session, once a week. The pre and post-intervention assessment included the Montreal C...