Hipoterapia na Pessoa Idosa : Projecto de Intervenção no Centro Hípico Quinta do Cabrito
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2014
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Considerando o envelhecimento populacional que se tem verificado nomeadamente em Portugal desde a segunda metade do século XX e o consequente aumento sustentado do grupo etário dos que atingem a terceira idade, é cada vez mais importante não só acrescentar anos à sua vida, mas também acrescentar qualidade aos seus anos de vida. A hipoterapia surge então como um potencial instrumento na melhoria da qualidade de vida das pessoas idosas.
Pretendo assim impulsionar a utilização da hipoterapia na melhoria da qualidade de vida dos idosos portugueses e do seu envelhecimento activo. Com este propósito, proponho-me criar um centro de hipoterapia para pessoas idosas no Centro Hípico Quinta do Cabrito para apoiar os idosos do Concelho de Abrantes, melhorando o seu estado físico, psicológico, emocional e social, promovendo a sua integração nas famílias e na comunidade, potenciando e disponibilizando recursos terapêuticos para a melhoria da funcionalidade dos mesmos.
Para criar um centro de hipoterapia procurei abordar e desenvolver diversos temas, tais como a caracterização do Centro Hípico onde este projecto será implementado, as actividades a realizar nas sessões de hipoterapia, o acompanhamento e avaliação dos praticantes, os recursos necessários, as fichas de inscrição e acompanhamento, os documentos necessários para a prática, os horários, a publicidade às sessões de hipoterapia, a caracterização da população alvo, a percepção tida pelos profissionais que lidam de perto com as pessoas idosas acerca da hipoterapia e a percepção experimentada pelos praticantes.
A investigação da pertinência deste tema levou-me a concluir que a hipoterapia pode assumir um papel relevante na melhoria da qualidade de vida dos mais velhos, constituindo indubitavelmente uma área de interesse terapêutico a explorar.
Considering the population aging has occured since the second half of the 20th century in Portugal, it’s important too, not only add years to life, but also add quality to years of life. Hippotherapy emerges as a potential tool in improving the quality of life of the older people and, therefore, I intend to stimulate their use in order to promote active aging and the quality of life of the Portuguese population. According to this point of view, I propose to create a hippotherapy centre in the Equestrian Centre “Quinta do Cabrito” to help the aged people of the municipality of Abrantes getting better their physical, psychological, emotional and social state, promoting their integration in the families and in the community they belong to and providing the therapeutic resources for improving the functioning of the same. To create a hippotherapy centre, several points and steps were developed, such as the characterization of the equestrian centre where this project will be implemented and the aged population , the documents needed for the practice, the respective application forms and monitoring, the dynamics of the sessions, the evaluation, the resources and advertising of the hippotherapy centre and the perception held by professionals connected to aged people about hippotherapy as well as the perception held by the practioners themselves. It seems to me that the hippotherapy assumes a considerable role in improving the quality of life of the people advanced in years, being an area of interest to be explored in the future.
Considering the population aging has occured since the second half of the 20th century in Portugal, it’s important too, not only add years to life, but also add quality to years of life. Hippotherapy emerges as a potential tool in improving the quality of life of the older people and, therefore, I intend to stimulate their use in order to promote active aging and the quality of life of the Portuguese population. According to this point of view, I propose to create a hippotherapy centre in the Equestrian Centre “Quinta do Cabrito” to help the aged people of the municipality of Abrantes getting better their physical, psychological, emotional and social state, promoting their integration in the families and in the community they belong to and providing the therapeutic resources for improving the functioning of the same. To create a hippotherapy centre, several points and steps were developed, such as the characterization of the equestrian centre where this project will be implemented and the aged population , the documents needed for the practice, the respective application forms and monitoring, the dynamics of the sessions, the evaluation, the resources and advertising of the hippotherapy centre and the perception held by professionals connected to aged people about hippotherapy as well as the perception held by the practioners themselves. It seems to me that the hippotherapy assumes a considerable role in improving the quality of life of the people advanced in years, being an area of interest to be explored in the future.
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Orientação : João Gorjão Clara
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MESTRADO EM GERONTOLOGIA SOCIAL, SERVIÇO SOCIAL, GERONTOLOGIA SOCIAL, SOCIAL GERONTOLOGY, ENVELHECIMENTO, AGEING, QUALIDADE DE VIDA, QUALITY OF LIFE, BEM-ESTAR, WELL-BEING, HIPOTERAPIA, HIPPOTHERAPY, IDOSOS, ELDERLY, SOCIAL WORK