Desafiando os estigmas das doenças mentais na velhice: abordagens psicológicas para o bem estar dos idosos

Abstract

The project emphasizes the importance of psychological care for the elderly, highlighting the extreme importance of the mental health of the elderly. Care plays a crucial role in healthy aging, addressing physical, motor, social and emotional issues. Psychological support also helps you adapt to changes, as they can directly impact your mental health. Especially during the transition to long-term care facilities, adequate psychological support is necessary to ensure the emotional well-being of the elderly. It was worked using knowledge from all disciplines within the semester “Life Cycle and Psychopathological Aspects of Personality”. With the facts established and the knowledge necessary to carry out the project, a long-term institution was chosen, where supervised visits were carried out during the period from August to November. The observations carried out in the practical context provided a valuable opportunity to apply and contextualize the concepts learned in the academic environment, interventions were developed with two residents to finalize the project, the intervention was shaped to address the specific needs of each elderly person, focusing on both activities motor skills such as painting, to care to promote well-being and mental health.