Cognitive Rehabilitation and Active Ageing
Active Ageing
Aging is the gradual change experienced by human beings over the years, leading to an increased risk of weakness, disease and death.
Its process depends on genetics and life habits, the main characteristics being loss of agility and reaction, degeneration of the osteoarticular structure and loss of sleep.
This concept proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) refers both to healthcare and to an active participation in society.
Main Symptoms of Ageing
The most important symptoms of the physiology of aging are:
- Gradual loss of the senses: hearing, taste and sight. The senses gradually deteriorate and abilities such as seeing and hearing are gradually lost.
- Decreased immune capacity: young people have a certain immune capacity that protects them. With the passage of time, this ability is reduced and it is easier to catch diseases such as the flu.
- Loss of reflexes and agility: reactions to stimuli become slower and the loss of agility increases.
- Dementias: loss of short-term memory or episodes of disorientation are one of the characteristics of aging common to many people.
Cognitive Stimulation for Older Adults
Active ageing enables people to improve or maintain their physical, social and mental state as they age. Its importance lies in providing the elderly with a full life and better health by promoting autonomy and independence.
Cognitive stimulation for the elderly consists of activities or exercises aimed at improving cognitive functioning. The aim is to promote mental and physical health and quality of life by slowing down the aging process.
There are activities, exercises and programs aimed at older adults not only so that they feel accompanied during this process, but also to achieve improvements in cognitive impairment.
In order to improve attention, sense of orientation, cognitive processes, language areas, calculation and even motor and graphomotor skills, it is essential to perform cognitive stimulation exercises specifically designed to strengthen these areas and maintain healthy aging.
Cognitive stimulation for the elderly consists of activities or exercises aimed at improving cognitive functioning. The aim is to promote mental and physical health and quality of life by slowing down the aging process.
There are activities, exercises and programs aimed at older adults not only so that they feel accompanied during this process, but also to achieve improvements in cognitive impairment.
In order to improve attention, sense of orientation, cognitive processes, language areas, calculation and even motor and graphomotor skills, it is essential to perform cognitive stimulation exercises specifically designed to strengthen these areas and maintain healthy aging.
Benefits of Cognitive Stimulation
The implementation of programmed plans with cognitive stimulation exercises or physical rehabilitation exercises is essential to reduce the impairments that occur naturally as a result of the aging process.
Older adults need activity and stimulation to improve their quality of life, and it is highly recommended that they incorporate it into their routine through plans directed by a clinician.
Rehametrics offers physical rehabilitation and cognitive stimulation exercises, and the system also offers a remote rehabilitation service, facilitating the continuity of treatment and offering flexibility to patients so that they can perform them at home or in any location.
Older adults need activity and stimulation to improve their quality of life, and it is highly recommended that they incorporate it into their routine through plans directed by a clinician.
Rehametrics offers physical rehabilitation and cognitive stimulation exercises, and the system also offers a remote rehabilitation service, facilitating the continuity of treatment and offering flexibility to patients so that they can perform them at home or in any location.
