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HEPPI Program consisting of 10 weekly sessions, applied to homebound older adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and depressive and anxious symptomatology (aged ≥ 65). Focused on psychoeducation, cognitive training (memory and attention control) and symptomatology/emotional difficulties presented by the subjects, sessions aim to improve cognitive function (mnesic abilities and attention control); promote the development and utilization of cognitive strategies (i.e. memory) and stress management strategies (i.e. relaxation); reduce depressive and/or anxiety symptoms; and contribute to the improvement of the Quality Of Life, the subjective perception of memory and subjects' health. Contact: Andreia Jesus |
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Compassionate Schools Compassionate Schools is a 6-week compassion-based group intervention, designed to improve hear-rate variability, to promote compassion, empathy, mindfulness, engagement, wellbeing and mental health indicators, and to reduce fears of compassion, self and other criticism, negative affect, demotivation and burnout in teachers. Contact: Marcela Matos |
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Hands The project “Hands" aims to contribute to the awareness and information of the community on the issue of abuse and abuse against the elderly use as a resource for dramatizing scenes of elder abuse followed by discussion/ information to dramatized scenes. It is important not only to clarify and sensitize potential "victims" but also current or future caregivers, family members and all professionals who interact and support the elderly. Thus, this intervention program intends to cover a large number of people, taking advantage from the time that people spend in the waiting rooms of the Healthcare Centers. Its main objectives are: formal and informal care, adaptation to different challenges and living conditions, promotion of the meaning of life and hope and facilitating personal development. Contact: Margarida P. de Lima |
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HIT The program HIT-Home Counseling Intervention Therapy consists of an individual approach to provide psychological support, aimed at elderly people, to their personal development. The program’s main objective is the reduction of ill-feeling and its prevention, intervening in the following areas: relationship with formal and informal caregivers, adaptation to the different challenges and living conditions, promotion of the sense of life and of hope and facilitating personal development. Contact: Margarida P. de Lima |
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+Memória +Memória” is an intervention program focused on the combination of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) with cognitive training to investigate neuroplasticity in older adults and further explore the involvement of the cerebellar cortex in memory processes. TDCS is a neuromodulation technique that allows the stimulation of superficial brain regions in a non-invasive way. On the other hand, cognitive training is based on exercises focused on memory training, specifically verbal episodic memory. The intervention comprises 12 individual sessions (consecutive days with the exception of weekends) of 1h30 each. Contact: Mário R. Simões |
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MEMO+ MEMO+ is a tailored memory training program that was build and tested with patients with mild Alzheimer Disease. This program comprises a set of motivation, attention and memory exercises with a particular focus in the practice of internal memory techniques (spaced retrieval, errorless learning, vanishing cues). The development of these exercises was based in the recent research of the most effective techniques to delay the progression of memory deterioration typical in AD. Contact: Ana R. Silva |
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O Conselhos Repórteres 55+ promove a participação ativa das pessoas mais velhas e isoladas na transformação comunitária local, no sentido da criação de melhores condições para um envelhecimento ativo. Contact: Paulo Nossa; Margarida P. Lima |
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Cognitive-Emotional Intervention Program for Homebound Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment Program consisting of 10 weekly sessions, applied to homebound older adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and depressive and anxious symptomatology (aged ≥ 65). Focused on psychoeducation, cognitive training (memory and attention control) and symptomatology/emotional difficulties presented by the subjects, sessions aim to improve cognitive function (mnesic abilities and attention control); promote the development and utilization of cognitive strategies (i.e. memory) and stress management strategies (i.e. relaxation); reduce depressive and/or anxiety symptoms; and contribute to the improvement of the Quality Of Life, the subjective perception of memory and subjects' health. Contact: Andreia Jesus |
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Digi&Mind The project proposes the promotion of independent life for the elderly with fragility through the improvement of cognition. The aim is to respond to health needs by promoting the improvement of the quality of life and offering services to the community. Contact: Timóteo Areosa |
