| Email address | >Joao Apostolo |
|---|---|
| Affiliation / Organisation | Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing, Nursing School of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Portugal Centre for Evidence Based Practice: a Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence |
| Country | Portugal |
| Which is the PRIMARY NET4Age Working Group you are involved in? | WG2 |
| Paper 1 | |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph16173125 |
| Title | Effectiveness of a Combined Intervention on Psychological and Physical Capacities of Frail Older Adults: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial |
| Authors | João Apóstolo; Maria dos Anjos Dixe; Elzbieta Bobrowicz-Campos; Timóteo Aerosa; Rita Santos-Rocha; Mónica Braúna; Jaime Ribeiro; Isabel Marques; Joana Freitas; Maria de Lurdes Almeida; Filipa Couto ; |
| Journal | Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health |
| Link | https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/17/3125/htm |
| Keywords | older adults Frailty combined intervention cognitive stimulation Animal-Assisted activities physical exercise depressive symptomatology gait analysis |
| Relevant files | https://drive.google.com/open?id=16j8Qi7bsQ-zmtC0DbsOYOmPc2yNCySz1 |
| Paper 2 | |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.10.008. |
| Title | Mild cognitive decline. A position statement of the Cognitive Decline Group of the European Innovation Partnership for Active and Healthy Ageing (EIPAHA) |
| Authors | Joao Apostolo, Carol Holland, Matthew D L O'Connell, Joanne Feeney, Rafael Tabares-Seisdedos, George Tadros, Elzbieta Campos, Nadine Santos, Deirdre A Robertson, Maura Marcucci, Isabel Varela-Nieto, Benedicto Crespo-Facorro, Eduard Vieta, Esperanza Navarro-Pardo, Gabriel Selva-Vera, Vicent Balanzá-Martínez, Antonio Cano |
| Journal | Maturitas |
| Link | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26520249/ |
| Keywords | Cognition Cognitive frailty Mild cognitive decline Position statement. |
| Relevant files | https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NTXI8R5DJm4qtapNfrCskwnR8YWIsDFH |
| Paper 3 | |
| DOI | N/A |
| Title | Cognitive Stimulation in Older Adults: An Innovative Good Practice Supporting Successful Aging and Self-Care |
| Authors | J Apóstolo, E Bobrowicz-Campos, I Gil, R Silva, P Costa, F Couto, D Cardoso, A Barata and M Almeida |
| Journal | Transl Med UniSa |
| Link | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6581488/ |
| Keywords | older adults Cognitive frailty cognitive impairment cognitive stimulation reminiscence |
| Relevant files | https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mCp9VGA2lLOsefNBHS5ngkQsG2G5ihhJ |
| 4. Focus of research during the past 3 years | SH3_9 Health, ageing and society SH3_13 Digital social research SH4_6 Learning, memory, cognition in ageing |
| 5. Other research during the past 3 years | Research projects and interests: patients' comfort, depression, cognitive impairment, cognitive stimulation in the older adult, older adult frailty and synthesis of science |
| 6. Ongoing research for collaborative activities | Other |
| 7. Other ongoing research | N/A |
| 8. Available to partcipate in a webinar for partners to present your ongoing research? | No |
| 1. Products/tools, services or other activities available for collaboration If yes, | Patient summary |
| 2. Available to participate in a webinar for partners to present the product, service, tool or other? | No |
| 3. Short description of product, tool, service or other | N/A |
| 4. Innovative training/empowerment content | N/A |
| 5. Available to participate in a webinar for partners to present the training/empowerment content? | Yes |
| 1. Connections to local/regional ecosystem on health and well-being in an age-friendly digital world | Citizens |
| 2. If yes, please can you provide the name, link or short description of the ecosystem you are involved in? | https://caritascoimbra.pt/joao-apostolo/ ; https://caritascoimbra.pt/rede-portuguesa/pagina-inicial/ |
| 3. Interested in fostering a quadruple helix ecosystem within the frame of the COST Action | No |
| 4. Familiarity with international funding programmes | Erasmus+, Horizon 2020 |
| 5. Interest in international funding programmes | Europe for citizens Health for growth |