Repositório RCAAP

With the increasing of life expectancy of people, more time is spent in retirement period. Specifically, the teaching career, peculiarities are perceived and require reflections. With this, the objective was to discuss, in the context of old age and retirement, some aspects of this relationship through the analysis of the film "Common Places", especially the character Fernando, who is a retired university professor. The cinema screens are a privileged place to discuss complicated issues related to aging and old age. It was verified that, on retirement, the character experienced feelings of worthlessness (prevalent), living outside the system (exclusion), shame and guilt, when he could be able to fulfill other expectations in his new phase of life. It is considered that the analysis of the film allows discussing the issue of retirement preparation programs that can help people to avoid these kinds of feelings or to minimize them. 

Qualitative study of descriptive character, with the objective of investigating coping strategies used by elderly people affected by a Cerebrovascular Accident. Interviews were conducted with a semi-structured script. A thematic content analysis was used for analysing data. The survey revealed that the way to deal with a Stroke is very unique with each elderly person. The family and health professionals occupy a prominent role in this process.  

Falls have become a significant part of public health problems and occupy a prominent position in health statistics in most countries, including Brazil. This study is an integrative review of the literature whose methodology seeks the systematized research on the problem of falls, with the purpose of identifying possible knowledge gaps. It was verified that the female sex represents a greater proportion of hospitalizations and attendances in emergency and emergency services, whereas in males the fall usually has as main outcome the death. The dimensions of occurrences involving elderly people who suffer falls are multiple and reinforce the need for studies to support the formulation of public policies to prevent this disease. 

The aim of this job is to reconstruct the moral career, that is, the sequence of events that constitute the social trajectory expecienced by a group of subjects belonging to a common social category as dependant adults. For the reconstruction of this career, we used a qualitative approach based on life stories, obtained through interviews with relatives and caregivers of institutionalized adults with severe cognitive impairment. 

In the world we live in it has become indispensable that all citizens be able to coexist with increasingly dematerialized practices. This study investigates the sociocultural factors that influence the learning of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and identifies the impacts of this learning on Welfare (mental and social). The research involved 374 citizens (50+ years) and the results indicate that throughout the aging process the need for communication and maintaining intellectual activity are preponderant factors in the acquisition of digital skills, with the inclusion and education of key elements in lifelong learning.Keywords: 

The objective was to verify and compare the effect of physical exercise practice on physical fitness in the elderly, with practice of differentiated and specific physical activities. As a methodology, 3 groups of elderly were formed and performed tests through protocols and anamnesis. The results show that regular physical activity in the active groups presents a significant difference in overall performance when compared to the sedentary group. It was concluded that the practice of regular physical activity or play improves the overall performance of the elderly. 

El objetivo del estudio fue analizar las características multidimensionales de salud de los ancianos con síntomas depresivos. Estudio descriptivo y exploratorio, realizado con 12 ancianos con pre-disposición para síntomas depresivos, evaluados por instrumentos de evaluación del humor, cognición, funcionalidad y vulnerabilidad. Los datos fueron analizados en relación a la frecuencia relativa y discutidos a la luz de las políticas nacionales de salud para ancianos. Los resultados permitieron conocer las características de salud de los ancianos con síntomas depresivos, con destaque para los ancianos con pre-disposición grave, que presentaron mayor vulnerabilidad y declinación cognitiva, sin embargo, los ancianos con pre-disposición moderada a la depresión deben ser evaluados para la prevención de agravios.Keywords: Health of the elderly; Depression; Primary Health Care.

This work aims to provide an analysis of old age, for gerontologists, psychologists, and professionals from different areas, taking into account the assumptions of Carl Gustav Jung 's analytical psychology and Jungian mythology, thus providing another insight about aging, expanding the study of this subject, still so unknown. The orixás are here seen as archetypal models, forms of aging, that point to the process of individuation described in the work of Jung. In the light of African mythology and analytic psychology, there is an interrelation between the themes, bringing another conception about aging. 

We sought to investigate the home care reported in the literature for patients with Parkinson's disease. A systematic review was performed from the MEDLINE database (via PubMed), without language and date restrictions. It was concluded that the caregiver should encourage the patient to walk, talk, develop fine motor skills; know the drug routine, as well as its adverse effects; live with the family and continue to develop their activities of daily living.  

This article aims to describe the vision of the grandchildren of his relations with their grandfather and grandmother based on the dimension of the person bio-ecological theory of Bronfenbrenner. This qualitative study included the participation of six grandparents and grandchildren of school age. For data collection, instruments of educational perspective were used(conversation wheel and picture album). The main results show that there are differences in intergenerational relationships by gender 

This article presents comfort in the ambience within the long term care institutions in the city of São Paulo. It was worked on issues related to comfort ILPIs, home and ambience. The general research objective was to compare the comfort of questions in public and private institutions ambience, from the perception of elderly residents. The survey was conducted in two long-stay institutions for the Elderly (ILPIs), one public and one private, both in São Paulo. The instrument used was a semi-structured questionnaire with open and closed questions, open questions were analyzed by Bardin technique. In conclusion, the comfort for residents is more associated with meeting the physical and / or physiological needs. 

The aims of this study were to compare the level of independence, manual gripping force (MGF), and ambulation in residents of Long-Term Care Institutions for Elderly (LTCIE) and Elders of Cohabitation Groups (EGC) in the city of Tubarão-SC, Brazil. A transversal, descriptive and quantitative research was carried out. Total independence was 68.4% in the EGC, and only 29.6% in the LTCIE individuals. LTCIE had lower MGF and longer walking time when compared to EGC. 

The purpose of this study was to raise the perception of institutionalized older adults about old age, successful old age and the care offered at the institution. We interviewed 10 older adults living in nursing home on São Paulo city. Their speeches were analyzed in a qualitative way, being categorized according to the content analysis proposed by Minayo. In the perceptions about old age, positive and negative attributes were discussed, and some participants sought to retake with their families, to review their life project and to be productive. With regard to successful old age, there was an appreciation of the environment, social relations, family, religiosity/spirituality, and institutional attributes cited the importance of having their needs met, but at the same time some of them expressed dissatisfaction with conflicts with professionals, socialization and the mismatch between their needs that was attended and their life project. It is believed that these data can help in the planning of practices that focus on individual centered care.Keywords:

This study aimed to report the life story of a congenital blind sixty-four, born in northern Portugal. An interview was applied, the data were transcribed and analyzed in categories for reflection: sensorimotor experiences, falls and traumatic injuries throughout life, difficulties in orientation and mobility and physical activity. The results suggest the importance of conducting activities adapted so that the individual is able to succeed stimulating progression and autonomy throughout life.Keywords:

Happiness does not process aging and a complex and multidimensional phenomenon, it requires because hum activities set compatible with the specifics of the natural existential condition. Like this, the text of objective and identify some reasons feature a longevity in happiness, because happiness, again in vogue, and one of the main goals or purposes that as people have in life. And a old age is a privileged period paragraph extolling and use as search qualities for happiness through social groups, friends, self care, peace and tranquility.

The objective of this article is to investigate how professional transvestites and former sex professionals build temporal boundaries in their life trajectories. To achieve this goal we interviewed ten transvestites aged between 24 and 62 years residing in the State of Minas Gerais-Brazil. From the analysis of the interviews we identified three categories: 1. During childhood / youth; 2. Investing in the body; 3. Stories of the Streets. The results suggest that public policies should observe how transvestites deal with generational differences and the aging in order to ensure their fundamental rights. 

This review, in Pepsic, Lilacs and SciELO databases, analyzes the relationship between aging, self-care, and memory; presents self-care research in Brazil and the workers who work with this concept. The elderly report difficulty in storing and retrieving information, which interferes with self-care. This requires active and responsible participation, influences autonomy, independence, and favors the integration of the elderly into the family and community. Intervention is effective and beneficial in developing self-care in the elderly. 

The major geriatric syndromes — cognitive impairment, postural instability, urinary incontinence, iatrogeny and immobility — are associated with the decline in the functional capacity of significant part of the elderly population. This review assembles and analyzes studies, which show the importance of lifestyle, feeding, physical activity and other non-pharmacological interventions in prevention and treatment of the “geriatric giants”, conditions of high prevalence and morbidity in that group.

Population aging is a global phenomenon and should be treated with priority in the social context in Brazil. This study evaluated the nutritional status of institutionalized elderly using the Mini Nutritional Assessment and anthropometry. The results showed that the risk of malnutrition and malnutrition are remarkable importance of conditions among the elderly of this institution. An interdisciplinary approach to institutionalization is necessary to improve the health and quality of life of older people.

Cerebrovascular diseases reach about 17 million individuals per year worldwide, including Stroke, which is characterized by sudden neurological deficit due to focal vascular alteration. In the present study, the case of the German painter Otto Dix, affected by stroke in the right hemisphere, at 76 years of age, is reported. As a result of the episode, he developed left hemielegiation and hemiparesis, hemianopsia, moderate visuo-spatial construction disorder, and apraxia associated with proprioception deficit of the left upper limb. The changes in the visual representation in the works produced by him, after the illness, are described in order to correlate the neurological consequences through graphic expression.