During the first half of October, CETEM held two workshops to test the D3PO project puzzles with two of its target groups.
On October 11th, the first workshop was held with a group of 31 people at the “Las Herratillas” senior citizens’ center. The participants had the opportunity to test three of the puzzles: ‘Fogaça’, ‘The last voyage of Our Lady of Mercy’ and ‘The search of Moscow’s gold’. CETEM selected the first of these target groups with the aim of promoting active aging through the puzzles developed in the project. Brain games and puzzles provide an older person the opportunity to use their critical thinking and problem-solving skills, because our left brain is logical and works in a linear fashion, while our right brain is creative and intuitive.
The second workshop was held on October 16th at the facilities of the Cancer Patients Association of Yecla, where a total of 8 participants had the opportunity to test three puzzles: ‘The last voyage of Our Lady of Mercy’, ‘Cave of Wonders’ and ‘Fogaça’. This target group was chosen by CETEM because of the suitability of the puzzles developed in the project for physical and neurological rehabilitation in cancer patients. This target group was chosen by CETEM because of the suitability of the puzzles developed in the project for physical and neurological rehabilitation in cancer patients, especially regarding the effects of neurological toxicity of chemotherapy and radiotherapy and its related cognitive impairment, and lymphedema, which is accompanied by stiffness, pain, loss of mobility and difficulty in mobilization and flexibility of the arm, especially in the hand or wrist.