Estimulación basada en "mindfulness" para personas mayores con enfermedad de alzheimer y otras demencias

  1. Quintana Hernández, Domingo Jesús
  2. Miró Barrachina, María Teresa
Journal:
Papeles del psicólogo

ISSN: 0214-7823 1886-1415

Year of publication: 2015

Issue Title: Nuevas directrices sobre el uso de los tests

Volume: 36

Issue: 3

Pages: 207-215

Type: Article

More publications in: Papeles del psicólogo

Abstract

Psychological treatments are a common practice in health care centres for elderly dependent people. Recently, mindfulness practice is being introduced in these settings. However, it is difficult to carry out mindfulness practice in residential or daily care centres due to the cognitive impairment of the elderly users. This paper shows how a mindfulness based stimulation program for daily life activities (DLA) has been developed. This intervention aims to train assistants to the elderly along with the elderly themselves so that afterwards, within the routine at the centre, daily life activities can be done with conscious presence. The ultimate purpose of this intervention is to strengthen functional coherence and personal integration through the practice of mindfulness in action with basic, instrumental or advanced activities.

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