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The policy of care in old age is related to sociodemographic changes, transformations in family structure and dynamics, the individualization of social relations, centered on autonomy and independence. These changes provide an "unprotection" to the elderly, associated with other risks, namely the greater probability of chronic and incapacitating diseases, the need for care, in a time of shortage of available family caregivers, the greater probability of insufficient income, low level of schooling and lack of access to information, associated to scarce levels of social participation. This article intends to present the reflection about old age as a social problem, carried out during the research on the Promotion and Preservation of Dignity in the context of care in nursing homes, carried out in the context of the PhD in Nursing of the University of Lisbon. 

The objective of this study was to compare the quality of life among elderly people living in a Brazilian community, and elderly people living in long - term care institutions. It is a comparative, cross-sectional and quantitative study. The institutionalized elderly showed statistically significant lower scores in all domains of quality of life when compared to the elderly living in the community. Living in a long-term institution seems to be a factor that compromises the quality of life of the elderly living there. 

The homosexual young imaginary regarding aging is a portrait of a time and assessing a representativeness of the elderly gay man in society. Qualitative paradigm study of the descriptive-interpretative type, performed through six semi-structured interviews with information that identifies as homosexual men. The difficulty of young gay men in imagining themselves old is strongly related to the low representativeness. 

The objective of this study was to mesure the kyphosis thoracic degree in older women through Flexicurve method, correlating this finding with Bone Densitometry, habits of life and anthropometric characteristics. 100 women who had undergone the examination of DMX were selected and divided into 3 groups according to the level of bone mineral density (BMD): the normal, osteopenic and osteoporotic. Was carried out assessing the degree of thoracic kyphosis with Flexicurve method. Variables: degree of kyphosis; BMD; age; and anthropometric data were compared between groups and compared with the habits of life. The group with osteoporosis showed significant differences in age, weight and BMI. No significant difference was observed related to lifestyle variables. The participants with osteoporosis showed higher degree of thoracic kyphosis in normal stance, but with no significant difference between groups. There was also no correlation between the variables. Aging, decreasing body weight and BMI are connected to the osteoporosis process. Flexicurve was not able to differentiate the older in the level of BMD. 

It is well known that the study of aging is not an isolated practice, exclusive of one professional specialty, therefore, to meet the needs of such an heterogeneous group, different views and types of knowledge must converge. This research aims to verify if interdisciplinarity is truly present in gerontology postgraduate programs offered in Brazil, in 2015, through the analyses of the curricular matrices.  

The objective of this study was to describe the morbidity and costs profile of hospital admissions with elderly in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, from 2008 to 2016. This is a descriptive study, with a cross-sectional and quantitative approach. Through this study it was possible to verify, over the years under analysis, an increasing rate of hospital expenses, highlighting as diseases that most burdened the public system diseases of circulatory, respiratory and neoplasias. These results suggest the need for greater prevention efforts for the main morbidities that affect this population.

We perform a literature review to show the importance of universal design in designing the kitchen environment and some kitchen utensils, focusing on the elderly user. As such, we argue about the importance of the built environment for the elderly and particularly of the kitchen. We also provide examples of universal design solutions for the kitchen and some of its utensils. At the end, we discuss the relevance of this study for an aging society. 

This article analyzes the concepts of "Health Economic-Industrial Complex" (Gadelha, 2006) and "Silver Economy" or “Longevity Economy” (Felix, 2007), with the intention of set up its points of intersection which regard to an industrial policy, focused on health and long-term care for the elderly people. It is argued that, faced with population aging, these sectors are strategic in global competition and in the Brazilian foreign trade insertion. From a Marxian-Schumpterian-ECLAC perspective, the proposal for the construction of an economic-industrial complex of health and care is presented. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the macroeconomic limitations and possibilities of the two concepts to be promising in Brazil, which is done in the light of the New-Developmentalism theory (Bresser-Pereira, 2015). 

This research arises from the accompaniment of this growing number of deaf people who are now in this phase of life and are facing various difficulties regarding access to these legal institutions. The research consisted of a qualitative and descriptive study, through a semistructured interview, filmed in Libras and transcribed into Portuguese. For the content analysis, the MAXQDA software was used, based on the Bardin (2011) content analysis system. The results showed that the majority of society does not know Libras and is not prepared for this type of communication. It is hoped that the result of this research will present a singular look at the problems experienced by the elderly deaf people, and that it will serve as a support for institutions aimed at serving this portion of society. 

This article aims to do a historical rescue on Gerontology, understanding it as a specialty that deals with research on human aging in its multiple dimensions. It is a explanatory qualitative research that utilized bibliographical revision as a research source. As a result, it was possible to identify the existence of multiple aspects within Gerontology, which not only complement each other but also dispute legitimacy in the explanation of what means aging. 

This study analyzes the presence of risk factors for falls in 361 elderly people linked to a health plan in the city of São Paulo, SP, state of São Paulo, Brazil. The elderly were divided into two groups: those who never had falls and those who had already fallen at least once in the last year. When comparing these two groups, the elderly, female, widowed, with moderate to severe difficulty in the Timed Up and Go Test, with low visual acuity, who use psychoactive drugs, and with greater age, were at greater risk.

The objective of this work was to perform a review on the epidemiological, physiological and treatment aspects of the burned elderly. Predominant sites: residence (42-98%), kitchen (17-65%). Main agents: direct fire or flammable liquid (36 to 74%) and scald (17 to 66%). Inhalation Injury: 12-41% of the elderly. Mortality rate: 6 and 65%. A multidisciplinary team must attend the burned elderly patient. 

This is a quasi-experimental study that verified effects of strength training on the functional capacity of institutionalized elderly. The elderly were evaluated by capacity tests and submitted to strength training (nine exercises, 3x12 maximum repetitions, 60-90 seconds interval) for a period of 12 weeks (frequency 3x / week). It was observed that the short-term strength training program improves the performance of the daily life activities of the elderly.

This study addressed the importance of the valorization of the elderly in the labor market through the analysis of the film "An Internship" and a field research. The reflection on the film served as the basis for the formulation of a questionnaire. Thus, the development of the work showed that the presence of the elderly in the labor market is extremely important since, with the increase in the life expectancy, and consequently the population increase, there are five different generations coexisting in the labor market.Keywords: Movie; Job market; Elderly.

Due to the population ageing, the chronic- degenerative diseases have grown. The dementias have been highlighted because of the cognitive progressive loss that compromises the performance on the daily activities, reducing the autonomy and the independence matter. The responsibility for the care provided changes the caregivers’ routine, causing physical and emotional distress. Objectives: evaluate the level of burden taken by the caregivers of patients with dementia and its factors, characterize the patients and caregivers’ samples and identify the daily activities compromised by the dementia. Method: descriptive report, exploratory, approved by the Ethic Committee in Research/ FAMERP statement #358.178, held from September to December in 2013, with 31 caregivers of patients with dementia, assisted in a reference hospital ambulatory.  The caregivers signed the Open Consent and Post Clarification Form, being submitted to questionnaires appliances: Caregiver from Zarit Overburden Scale and semi-structured interviews. Results: As the framework of dementia increases, there is an elderly autonomy and independence reduction. Fisher Exact Test showed a significant statistic in the reduction of leisure activities performance, by the elderly, before and after the state of dementia (p=0,0181). Among the evaluated caregivers, the feminine genre prevailed, with an average of 53±12,4 and the reduction of leisure activities performance, by the caregivers, before and after they undertook the position of informal caregiver (p=0,0078). Conclusion: the reduction or cancellation of the leisure activity on the daily life implies in these caregivers quality of life, which can be emphasized by the presented burden. The data points to a necessity of attention from the health multidisciplinary team to these caregivers, including the occupational therapist, and enables a reflection about a relevant subject: the care for the caregiver.  

This pilot study analyzes the telephone follow-up compared to the conventional treatment in the elderly in the postoperative period of thigh and hip surgeries. He observed a clinical reduction between the first and last evaluation for "loss of appetite without nausea," "difficulty to move" and "fatigue". There was a tendency for "pain" and "postoperative infection at the incision site to drop." Intervention activities carried out through the telephone are accessible to the population, with good adherence and low cost. 

The health system should be able to identify older people with greater attention needs in order to foregone as much as possible the loss of functional capacity. This study describes the findings obtained by the application of the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment to a group of people over 65 years old linked to a health plan, living in the city of São Paulo. The studied group had a high age average, a predominance of women and injuries that caused important impairment of their functional capacity. 

The objective of this article is to review recent national and international studies, which have investigated the advanced daily life activities (ADLA) with the elderly. It is important to highlight that these activities are influenced by several aspects that make it difficult to evaluate and standardize them. The searches had been carried through ADLA and the elderly, including leisure, social and elderly productive activities and in the following papers background: PubMed, MEDLINE, LILACS and SciELO. The reviewed studies have shown that the participation of the elderly people in the ADLA have contributed for healthy ageing of this target public either in the social or clinical dimensions. 

The article aimed to analyze the incorporation of the issue of human aging in the political agenda and the construction of the NPEP. The study was bibliographical with analysis of the current legislation, based on authors with a critical perspective. It was noticed that the NPEP is an advance for the elderly population, but that its effectiveness depends on the others policies, as well as on social struggles. 

The advent of Information and Communication Technologies (TICs) promoted improvements in the health of the elderly, which, with increasing longevity, marked their participation in the digital age. The study presents the insertion of the elderly in the technological universe and questions their digital inclusion, respecting the possible limitations to the aging process. The methodology is based on the systematic review of 17 articles and 1 dissertation, with the theme of the elderly and the technology, in the last 10 years. The results demonstrate that for better possibility and maintenance of quality of life and leisure, pedagogical programs and courses must be carried out.