Background: The number of people with dementia increases significantly with age. However, non-pharmacological interventions, such as cognitive stimulation, can slow this process down. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of individual cognitive stimulation interventions on the cognition, quality of life, and neuropsychiatric symptoms of older adults with dementia, as well as on the quality of the relationsh...
Background: The number of people with dementia increases significantly with age. However, non-pharmacological interventions, such as cognitive stimulation, can slow this process down. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of individual cognitive stimulation interventions on the cognition, quality of life, and neuropsychiatric symptoms of older adults with dementia, as well as on the quality of the relationsh...
Enquadramento: A estimulação cognitiva individual desenvolvida em contexto domiciliar por um cuidador é uma intervenção inovadora. O programa de estimulação cognitiva Fazer a Diferença 3(FD3) é um exemplo deste tipo de intervenção. Objetivo: Explorar a aceitabilidade e a aplicabilidade do programa FD3 para a população portuguesa. Metodologia: Estudo desenvolvido em duas fases: na Fase 1 realizaram-se entrevista...
Background: The delivery of individual cognitive stimulation by caregivers in a home-based setting is an innovative intervention. An example of this type of intervention is the Making a Difference 3 (MD3) cognitive stimulation program. Objective: To explore the appropriateness and feasibility of the MD3 program for the Portuguese population. Methodology: This study was developed in two phases. In Phase 1, explo...
Introdução: Perante as alterações demográficas que têm vindo a ocorrer nas últimas décadas e os aspetos da vulnerabilidade associados ao envelhecimento, torna-se, cada vez mais importante equacionar os fatores que podem influenciar positivamente a qualidade de vida na velhice e que partem da adoção de princípios de cuidados centrados na pessoa e destinados à promoção da dignidade humana. São de considerar, nest...
This chapter focuses on the use of technology on older adult health promotion. During the ageing process, they experience changes in physical, cognitive, psychological, and social domains. Frailty is the most problematic expression of ageing and entails a high risk of adverse outcomes. In order to prevent it, healthcare professionals must intervene on health promotion. However, it\\\'s impossible to continuousl...
This chapter focuses on the use of technology on older adult's health promotion. During the ageing process, they experience changes in physical, cognitive, psychological and social domains. Frailty is the most problematic expression of ageing and entails a high risk of adverse outcomes. In order to prevent them, healthcare professionals must intervene on health promotion. However, it\'s impossible to monitor co...
There is a growing need to implement and evaluate the technological solutions that allow the early detection of age-related frailty and enable assessment of the predictive values of frailty components. The broad use of these solutions may ensure an efficient and sustainable response of health and social care systems to the challenges related to demographic aging. In this paper, we present the protocol of the Mo...
There is a growing need to implement and evaluate the technological solutions that allow the early detection of age-related adverse outcomes, as frailty, and enable assessment of lifestyle habits that can be maintain or improved to prevent such adverse outcomes. In this study, the sample are composed by older adults aged 65-80 years, recruited from community, and invited to use an electronic de-vice ACM Kronowi...
Considerando o aumento do uso de tecnologias de monitorização, especialmente nos cuidados geriátricos, importa compreender a perceção dos idosos e seus familiares face à sua utilização no quotidiano. Estudo desenvolvido no âmbito do projeto "Saúde circadiana, atividade física e padrão de hábitos alimentares como preditores de fragilidade: população portuguesa", com objetivos de analisar as experiências dos idos...