Based on the challenges of longevity, different non-pharmacological therapies will be presented based on new technologies and applied by an interdisciplinary team in the Area of Aging and Dementias of the Sisters Hospitallers | Idanha Health Unit. Special focus will be placed on the Exercogs® solution, the result of the “Cognitive Rehabilitation with Robot PePe” project, a Social Innovation initiative. The technological partner for this project was the Técnico Lisboa Institute of Systems and Robotics. Exercogs® consist of a combined therapeutic tool that allows physical exercise, cognitive stimulation and social interaction in the same activity to prevent dementia.
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Cátia Gameiro
Graduate and Master in Clinical Psychology from the Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada. Specialist in Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology and Psychogerontology by the Order of Portuguese Psychologists. Training at the Relational Psychoanalysis Association. Psychologist at the Idanha-Sintra Health Unit – Sisters Hospitaleiras, she develops her work in the areas of neuropsychological assessment, cognitive rehabilitation of older people with dementia and psychoeducational support for caregivers. She is co-author of the Global Stimulation Manual for People with Dementia published in 2022 and collaborated in the working group that created the Neurobox (Global Stimulation Suitcase – resource for caregivers of people with cognitive impairment or diagnosed with dementia).