Abstract
Objectives: To integrate Visconde's FHU senior’s community through participation in groups of new multidisciplinary activities. The study also aims to evaluate the cognitive performance, depression index, and functional decline through the application of specific tests. Methods: This is a longitudinal, population-based study with intervention in participants, being the target audience, elderly people registered in the Visconde's FHU and who have the functional capacity to move to the unit. Six meetings were held, in which a professional was present who gave lectures and workshops with the elderly present. Three questionnaires were applied: MMSE, biossocial characterization, family, economic and health, and WHOQOL-OLD. The statistical tabulation was performed using Microsoft Excel and Biostat 5.0 and significance levels of 95% were used. Results: 28 patients were included in the study and the mean age was 68.6 years. All of them claimed to have a chronic disease, with systemic arterial hypertension being the most frequent (66.7%). The study had a positive impact on "Autonomy, Past, Present and Future, Social Participation and Quality of Life". Before the intervention, individuals who practiced physical exercise had a higher quality of life index assessed by the WHOQOL when compared to individuals who did not practice. Conclusion: The project achieved satisfactory results, achieving community integration among the elderly and maintaining functional capacity, through participation in support groups. Therefore, these actions of socio-family and political strengthening of the elderly population are fundamental to improve cognitive performance, indices of depression and even functional decline.