Inclusão socioeducacional de idosos como prevenção de doenças neurodegenerativas.

Abstract

Social interaction is of paramount importance for building neural reserves, as group exchange offers less probability of developing neurodegenerative diseases. In this perspective, the objective of this study is to highlight the importance of socio-educational assistance to the elderly public for the prevention of neurodegenerative diseases, presenting the main neurodegenerative diseases that affect the elderly and highlighting the importance of university extension projects as a way to promote the prevention of neurodegenerative diseases. For this, a bibliographic research was carried out, with an exploratory character and a qualitative approach. To understand the functioning of the Central Nervous System-CNS, the main neurodegenerative diseases that affect the elderly population, and the importance of socio-educational inclusion with a focus on learning and interaction, the study was based mainly on the work of Cruz (2016), the Dossier (2015), produced by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and Oliveira, Salina, Annuciato (2001) The results showed that socio-educational inclusion with a focus on learning and interaction, provided by external stimuli and neuropsychological monitoring, combined with factors that provide a good quality of life for the elderly, can act in the prevention of neurodegenerative diseases.