AGEING@LAB is the result of a partnership between ANGES – National Association of Social Gerontology, the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria and the Municipality of Pombal.
It claims to be a laboratory that promotes active and healthy ageing, with the aim of keeping the elderly in their homes for as long as possible, close to their community, with quality of life and well-being.
AGEING@LAB follows two guiding principles:
- Research with the aim of being an innovative and differentiating milestone in studies on ageing, which scientifically qualifies and consolidates projects and researchers.
- Intervention in the community – CENTRO EDUCATIVO SÉNIOR DE POMBAL through the development of scientifically validated stimulus activities, namely:
- HEALTH AND WELL-BEING WORKSHOP with screening activities and awareness-raising actions to promote health and prevent illness (e.g. fall prevention, mental health, dementia, medication administration and management…);
- MOVE-TE WOR KSHOP with physical-motor stimulation activities (strength training, mobility, balance and motor coordination, yoga, pilates, therapeutic games and zumba)
- MIND GYM WORKSHOP with cognitive stimulation activities (attention, concentration, reasoning, cognitive flexibility, memory, orientation…)
- CREATIVE WORKSHOP with multisensory stimulation activities (painting, sculpture, poetry, photography…)
- MUSIC WORKSHOP with musical stimulation activities (traditional Portuguese music, learning instruments…)
- DIGITAL LITERACY WORKSHOP with digital inclusion activities (IT, social networks, creation of digital content…)
- WORLD LANGUAGES WORKSHOP with language acquisition activities: Portuguese (literacy), English and/or Spanish.
- EXTERNAL OUT INGS (culture, heritage, shows, beach, religion…)
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