This project includes designing and executing several validation phases of the methodology defined to evaluate the project “Community Intervention Centre for People with Dementia Caregivers”.

The team, led by researcher Marlene Rosa, includes research Fellow Dara Pincegher. The role of this research team is the design of methodologies for measuring the social impact of the project. The development of work under this project begins with:

(i) the design of evaluation protocols to be applied to participants with dementia and caregivers

(ii) the development of a protocol for monitoring cognitive, motor and behavioural variables

(iii) the implementation of evaluation and monitoring protocols at different moments (admission, middle of intervention, discharge)

(iv) the processing and data analysis; (v) the development of the final report to assess the social impact of the project

(vi) the scientific dissemination of the results obtained.

Keywords: Dementia, Health Evaluation, Recreation Therapy.

Principal Investigator: Dara Pincegher;  Marlene Rosa (marlene.rosa@ulo.pt)

Duration
8 months (2022 – 2023)

Institutional Partners and Others

• Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Oliveira do Bairro

Funding: FCT