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The objective is to identify the typology and the experience of intrafamily violence suffered by elderly people with disabilities. As for the method, it is a qualitative and exploratory study. Audio-recorded interviews were conducted. The sample comprised five elderly people of both sexes, with physical disabilities. The Results show that psychological violence was present in the lives of all the elderly people interviewed. In conclusion, elderly people with disabilities are continually being exposed to violence due to the difficulty of seeing them as such and the inability to exercise their autonomy and independence due to the deficiencies that affect them. 

The study aimed to analyze the content of the videos to support PA of elderly people in social isolation, available on Youtube during the Covid-19 pandemic. Exploratory, qualitative study, based on videos available on the YouTube sharing platform. Of the twenty videos analyzed, there was a high number of views and a concern with the methodology of presenting the exercises to elderly people, thus revealing a care adjusted to the functional capacities of this group. 

The study aimed to describe effects of music use in institutionalized elderly. A descriptive exploratory study with qualitative analysis, in which six elderly with an average age of 88.3 years participated. It was observed by the researchers, and unanimously reported by the research participants, good experiences with musical activities and which they believe to be an extremely important activity regarding the maintenance of their social, biological and psychological aspects. 

The article aimed to investigate the effects of Integrative and Complementary Practices on speech-language rehabilitation of patients with Parkinson's disease. We analyzed interviews of two speech therapists and two of their respective parkinsonian patients, who used Art therapy, a practice contemplated by the National PIC Policy. One duo used theatrical games and the other, workshop. The practices allowed the expansion of the therapeutic perspective, in addition to the organic issues of the disease. 

The objective of this article was to analyze the practices of the extension project “Sociocultural participation of the elderly population” which, due to the period of social restriction imposed by the pandemic of Covid-19, started to happen remotely involving the elaboration of audiovisual content. Based on the experience of extension authors, audiovisual activities were analyzed as a learning resource, the possibility of intergenerational approximation and as a means of disseminating knowledge. 

The study aims to verify the association between anthropometric indicators and comorbidities in elderly people living in long-term institutions. It was identified that the body mass index is associated with high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, cognitive decline and unintentional weight loss. Thus, the importance of nutritional monitoring with the elderly is emphasized, in order to assist in the control of body mass.

The objective was to understand the aging process of elderly users of a Day Center, through their own perceptions. Qualitative study, conducted with 14 elderly people who attend this space, through interviews submitted to Content Analysis. The current ethical precepts were followed. Four thematic categories emerged, which present the feelings and changes arising from the aging process, as well as the Day Center as a promoter of healthy aging. 

This research, descriptive and sectional, aimed to present psychoeducational interventions in the group of professional caregivers and in their relationship with the elderly in a Day center for the elderly. The experience showed that caring can be rewarding, but professional unpreparedness or lack of support can generate physical and emotional burden for the caregiver, with an outcome for mental health. Thus, interventions with caregivers have been fundamental in sharing knowledge, raising awareness of old age phenomena, providing professional development, which sustains and promotes quality in personal and provided care. Secondarily, it generated therapeutic effects through the expression of members' emotions and emotional continence in the group field.Key words:

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the vulnerability of the elderly. The objective of this research was to analyze the representations about the elderly in coping with the pandemic of COVID-19 in the publications and comments on Facebook of the Ministry of Health of Brazil. The coding model involved risk groups and multiple vulnerabilities, so that social representations highlighted prejudices against the elderly. 

The objective of this study, carried out by the Center for the Study and Research of Aging at PUC-SP, Brazil, in partnership with Staffordshire University – England, UK, was to analyze the action of volunteers from the National Pastoral of the Elderly, in terms of practical support and loving accompaniment. during the Covid-19 pandemic. The study is cross-sectional, quantitative, with a non-probabilistic sample, and involved 4,114 volunteers, mostly women, through telephone interviews done on a 7 period in May 2020. 

This descriptive study of the experience report type aims to discuss the prevention of COVID-19 and the health promotion of elderly users of a School Health Center in the city of São Paulo, through the bibliographic review of the eminent literature on practices educational gerontological and interventions developed by the internship group in this bias. It was analyzed that the educational space in Primary Health Care (AB) is configured as an instrument for changes in the current pandemic scenario of COVID-19, presenting itself as a space for self-care and support in promoting longevity. Thus, the aging process and preventive care are in line with public health policies for the elderly and in PHC. 

O estudo teve como objetivo realizar um levantamento na produção científica existente sobre os fatores de risco associados ao delírio pós-operatório (DPO) em idosos. Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa da literatura, com abordagem exploratória-descritiva e qualitativa, realizada nas bases de dados indexadas Medical Literature and Retrivial System online (MEDLINE), na Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS), na Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciência da Saúde (LILACS) e na Scientific Eletronic Library online (SCIELO), no período de agosto a setembro de 2019. Evidenciou-se a frequência do problema; porém, uma deficiência no diagnóstico, levando à necessidade de mais estudos sobre o tema. 

This article sought to identify representations about the elderly and COVID-19 in journalistic articles. Based on the Social Representations Theory, 60 reports published between January and April 2020 in the newspapers O Globo and Super Notícias were analyzed. The material was handled by the Iramuteq software. The representations found are in line with the COVID-19 approach as a potential risk for the elderly; need for health protection to avoid contamination, made possible by social distance and political issues. 

Objetiva-se dar voz a pessoas idosas que envelheceram com o vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV), a fim de compreendermos suas vulnerabilidades e experiências individuais. Como métodos, estudo qualitativo que utilizou a História Oral de Vida com idosos portadores de HIV com mais de dez anos de tratamento. Como resultados, das respostas dos onze idosos entrevistados, definiram-se seis categorias, por meio da análise de conteúdo dessas falas. As conclusões evidenciam que encontramos diversas formas de enfrentamentos e vicissitudes que culminaram no próprio silenciamento biográfico, tornando visíveis as vulnerabilidades de envelhecer com o HIV. 

The objective was to identify the link between body motor performance and anthropometric measurements in elderly participants in social groups. Cross-sectional Study, with a sample of 105 elderly, where it was evaluated cognitive evaluation, socio-demographic information, health status, functional capacity, body motor performance evaluation and anthropometric variables. Were Found significant statistical differences between balance test, Measures Hip Circumference, body mass index, weight, height and Waist Circumference.       

 This article presents the results of a cross-sectional, quantitative study using the snowball sampling technique to analyze a sample in Brazil as part of an international research carried out in partnership with Red Interdisciplinar de Psicogerontología in seven more Latin American countries, from May to June of 2020. It presents the profile of a group of elderly people, of high social status, and their answers on how they keep themselves to physical distancing. Although the group does not represent the majority of the Brazilian elderly population, it is believed that it is important to know the various snippets from the countless old ages existing in their various social insertions 

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is considered relevant with the current context to know the role of Gerontology, through the actions and contributions of the professional Gerontologist and the Brazilian Association of Gerontology to society, within the scope of a multifaceted, complex professional performance and dynamics of care management for the elderly; aging and old age. The purpose of this article is to present the experience of the activities of the Gerontologist and the Brazilian Association of Gerontology (ABG) in different contexts in the face of the quarantine period by COVID-19. 

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic presents challenges to older people, especially those from low and middle income countries. Social distancing is one of the restrictive measures adopted to avoid contagion, which can which can trigger damages to physical and mental health to older adults. In addition to that, digital exclusion, infodemia and ageism are also present in this context. Digital access can assist older people in various aspects of life, including minimizing the negative consequences caused by social distancing. With the help of technology, educational measures have great potential to reduce the negative consequences of COVID-19 pandemic encouraging efforts to overcome the challenges that are posed to older adults. 

The objective of this research is to carry out an analysis on the Covid-19, focusing attention on the group of older people and particularly on nursing homes as the main victims of the pandemic. To prepare this theoretical review, we have carried out and exhaustive search of scientific literature, which deals with Covid-19, elderly people, nursing homes and main negative feelings experienced during confinement.  

Aging is a challenging process for any individual, either because of the many normative transitions that imply an increasing physical, psychological and social vulnerability, or because of the imminent confrontation with one's finitude. Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenge has become a nightmare especially for LTCF residents, who are even more vulnerable due to the risks of contagion and the impact of the severe and prolonged physical and social isolation they are subjected to. This article explores such an impact under a biopsychosocial dimension, in particular, proposing theoretical foundations for an analysis of the impact of the feelings of threat and loss experienced in an intense and prolonged way in this phase of the life cycle. The Theory of Attachment is used, a contemporary approach that, supported by concepts from Psychology and Ethology, developed the conceptual structures necessary to understand the impact of threats and dangers on human development and, therefore, to understand the effects of the pandemic on seniors.