{"id":55580,"date":"2025-07-23T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T10:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hospitalarias.org\/en\/?p=55580"},"modified":"2025-07-23T10:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T10:00:29","slug":"lets-talk-about-mental-health-psychomotor-therapy-and-aging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hospitalarias.org\/en\/lets-talk-about-mental-health-psychomotor-therapy-and-aging\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s Talk About Mental Health: Psychomotor Therapy and Aging"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-start=\"1126\" data-end=\"1509\">In a new episode of the <em data-start=\"1218\" data-end=\"1250\">Let\u2019s Talk About Mental Health<\/em> podcast, we speak with Dr. Sofia Figueirinhas, a psychomotor therapist at the <em data-start=\"1329\" data-end=\"1377\">Centro Psicogeri\u00e1trico Nossa Senhora de F\u00e1tima<\/em> (Sisters Hospitallers \u2013 Parede | Cascais), about her work in psychomotor interventions with older adults in institutional settings.<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1511\" data-end=\"1925\">Specialized in geronto-psychomotor therapy, Sofia focuses on sensory stimulation and nonverbal communication to improve the well-being and quality of life of individuals undergoing both typical and pathological aging. In addition to being part of the facility\u2019s multidisciplinary team, she also helps implement community programs such as the \u201cSenior Brain Gym,\u201d which promotes active aging and dementia prevention.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1927\" data-end=\"2139\">\ud83c\udfa7 Listen to the full episode and discover how hospitality is put into action through concrete efforts to support mental health.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Hablemos de Salud Mental: psicomotricidad y envejecimiento\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LpXJnmSh5Cw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2141\" data-end=\"2580\">Mental health is a fundamental aspect of our well-being and affects everyone at all stages of life. In this episode, we focus on mental health in old age, but it\u2019s important to remember that in the face of any emotional discomfort, uncertainty, or difficult situation, it is always advisable to seek help from a specialized center and talk to a professional. Taking care of our mental health is also an act of hospitality toward ourselves.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2582\" data-end=\"2716\">Click <a href=\"https:\/\/hospitalarias.org\/centro\/mapamundi\/#\">here<\/a> to learn more about our centers. We have over 88 centers in 25 countries worldwide, all committed to mental health care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Sofia Figueirinhas, a psychomotor therapist at the Centro Psicogeri\u00e1trico Nossa Senhora de F\u00e1tima (Sisters Hospitallers \u2013 Parede | Cascais), shares her experience in psychomotor interventions with older adults. Specializing in geronto-psychomotor therapy, she focuses on sensory stimulation and nonverbal communication to enhance well-being during both typical and pathological aging processes. She is part of the facility\u2019s multidisciplinary team and also contributes to community programs like the \u201cSenior Brain Gym,\u201d aimed at promoting active aging and preventing dementia. An inspiring account of how hospitality becomes tangible through comprehensive mental health care for the elderly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[588],"tags":[691,589,601,963,964],"class_list":["post-55580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cat-news","tag-aging","tag-hospitality","tag-mental-health","tag-psychomotor-therapy","tag-stimulation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Let\u2019s Talk About Mental Health: Psychomotor Therapy and Aging - Hermanas Hospitalarias<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hospitalarias.org\/en\/lets-talk-about-mental-health-psychomotor-therapy-and-aging\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Let\u2019s Talk About Mental Health: Psychomotor Therapy and Aging - Hermanas Hospitalarias\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Sofia Figueirinhas, a psychomotor therapist at the Centro Psicogeri\u00e1trico Nossa Senhora de F\u00e1tima (Sisters Hospitallers \u2013 Parede | Cascais), shares her experience in psychomotor interventions with older adults. 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