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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the individualized exercise program on the body composition, balance, and cognitive function of the elderly. Twenty-one elderly subjects who were participated. Body composition, balance ability, and cognitive function evaluation was performed for establishing baseline. Under the supervision of exercise expert, 20 students in physical therapy departments prescribed each individualized home exercise program (consisted of three parts: warm-up exercise, main exercise, and cool-down exercise) to the subject as their physical fitness level, health status, and cognitive function. Therefore, there were differences in perceived exercise time, intensity, and number of sets were determined by volunteer students. The prescribed home exercise program to each subjects was instructed to be performed 2 to 3 times a week depending on the patient's condition. After 5 weeks, post-test was performed. Paired-t test was used to compare the differences in significance level of p<.05. In our results, onlybody fat showed statistically significant difference between the average values of body composition values before and after exercise. And there was no significant difference in BBS and MMSE-K (p>.05). Consequently, 5-week individualized home exercise can lead to changes in the body composition of the elderly. However, the 5 week of individualized home exercise was not enough to improve balance and cognitive function. Therefore, instructor should consider applying the exercise inlonger period.