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The growth of the elderly population in Brazil allows us to make several reflections, one of them is about the relationship between health and spirituality / religiosity, mainly because we are heirs of cultural history that was inherited by Portuguese and European colonists. This study aims to verify the religious affiliation of octogenarians from the samples were for convenience and in a simple random way from a study of the elderly who sought the Geriatrics outpatient clinic at the Catholic University of Brasilia. A comparison of the responses received to the questionnaires was performed, according to socio-demographic and spirituality / religiosity variables (gender, age group, education, family income, self-rated health, practice of spirituality / religiosity). The results found show that when the aging process starts, religiosity / spirituality can be a protective factor when the losses intensify. 

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The objective of this study was to analyze the association between handgrip strength (HGS) and functional capacity (FC) in elderly candidates for cardiac rehabilitation (CR) and to compare the results found in elderly without previous cardiovascular event. Cross-sectional study in which HGS was assessed by manual dynamometry and FC by the six-minute walk test (6MWT) and the six-minute step test (6MST). The findings show that the HGS correlated with the FC, measured by the 6MST in elderly candidates for CR and elderly without previous cardiovascular event. 

The purpose of this article was to describe, through an experience report, the development of a preventive educational intervention on anxiety for elderly people in times of COVID-19. The activities were linked to the discipline of Collective Health Practices, at the Catholic University of Brasília, and involved: opinion polling and the elaboration of health content on an Instagram profile. It was observed that the intervention was effective and enabled health promotion in old age. 

The aim of this study was to assess adherence, perception of social distance and the role of physical activity in the elderly from a university extension program with remote activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study was carried out with 60 elderly people. A questionnaire with questions about adherence to classes, perception of social distance, the role of physical activity and sociodemographic variables was used. The results showed participants' adherence to classes, ambivalent perceptions about distance and the importance of physical activity in terms of social and physical aspects. Remote classes have become a new reality for the elderly in the face of the pandemic, as a way of maintaining a routine of activities, benefiting from social approach and physical and mental well-being. 

Objetivou-se investigar os assuntos veiculados pela mídia jornalística do Distrito Federal, a respeito da velhice e COVID-19.  Foram analisadas 74 matérias veiculadas no jornal Correio Braziliense entre 8 de março e 10 de maio de 2020. A análise textual, conduzida pelo IRaMuTeQ, resultou em cinco classes de palavras: Desenvolvimento da Pandemia; Medidas; Ambiente; Atenção ao Idoso; e Saúde e Pesquisa. A representação da velhice foi plural e associada à doença, proteção, vida pública e os programas para idosos.  

It is an experience report about care to elderly people through digital tools treatment. Where the social support strategies of the Interdisciplinar Nucleus of Research and Extension to Health Care of the Family in Conviability with Diseases (NIEFAM) is described, the context of the extension to promotion of a healthy day-to-day of its participants. Educational video classes prepared by the students, professors and professionals were used due to the group care demands about the coping with non-transmissive chronicle diseases. The objective is to stimulate people’s adaptive competences, their latent resources, comprehended here as as resiliences, the capacity of flexibility and adaptation to what the atual context strongly imposes: the coping with non-transmissive chronicle diseases, during social isolation times, due to COVID-19. 

The objective was to identify the Social Representations (RS) about quarantine among Brazilian elderly women. 69 elderly women, aged between 60 and 87 years, participated in the study. Sociodemographic questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and the technique of free word association were used. The data on the SR were processed by the IRaMuTeQ software. Distinctions were found in the quarantine SR according to the income of the elderly. It is concluded that social inequalities can imply the social isolation of elderly women. 

The aim of this pilot study was to assess the functional health literacy, psychological and physical risk factors for falling in institucionalized elderly, including fear of falling, functional mobility, static and dynamic balance. The importance of considering these aspects in association in future studies on older people was discussed. 

Sarcopenia was initially described as a reduction in overall muscle mass, which occurs throughout the aging process. Some publications have shown that the definition and classification of sarcopenia are not fully established and the categorization of this syndrome has undergone changes, as noted in the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) publications. Therefore, the objective of the study was to present the prevalence of sarcopenia using the classifications proposed by EWGSOP1 and 2 in long-lived elderly (> 80 years) in the Federal District. This is a cross-sectional study in which the following variables were assessed: sociodemographic, muscle mass by Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA), muscle strength by hydraulic dynamometer and physical performance using the 4,6 meters. Participated in the study 117 elderly people with a mean age of 83.7 ± 3.51. The prevalence of sarcopenia was 3.5% and 4.3% by the EWGSOP1 and 2 algorithms, respectively. By EWGSOP1, 94% of the sample was classified as no sarcopenia and 3.5% as sarcopenic. By EWGSOP2, 50% were classified as probable sarcopenia, 43% as no sarcopenia and 4.3% as sarcopenic. The results allow to verify the divergences in the prevalence of sarcopenia in the adopted criteria, mainly between the classification of pre-sarcopenia and probable sarcopenia. Thus, it is noted the importance of continuing studies that deepen the investigation of these classifications, especially in long-lived elderly. 

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.