RCAAP Repository

Orientador: Anderson de Rezende Rocha

Orientador: Anderson Campos Fauth

Orientador: Paulo de Barros Correia

Orientador: Kamal Abdel Radi Ismail

Orientadores: Taniele Cristina Rui, Susana Soares Branco Durão

Orientador: Eduardo Roberto Junqueira Guimarães

Orientador: Yuzo Iano

Orientador: João Maurício Rosário

Orientador: Gilson Uehara Gimenes Antunes

Population aging is a phenomenon experienced worldwide. In Brazil, this process is relatively recent, although it is happening at an accelerated rate. Regarding the determinants of aging, the types of housing stand out, which can directly influence the individual's longevity. Given the brief exposed, the objective is to highlight housing conditions as an influential factor in the lives of the elderly living in Condomínio Cidade Madura, located in João Pessoa, capital of the state of Paraíba. For that, direct observation, case study and photographic record are used as methodology. It is noted that the initiative is an advance in the housing area for the elderly, especially for the low-income. It is concluded, therefore, that the condominium meets reasonably the physical issues of housing. 

The objective was to identify the perception, regarding the care process, of elderly companions from a university hospital, often their post-hospitalization caregivers, in the home environment. This is a descriptive, exploratory, cross-sectional study with a qualitative approach, performed with 28 caregivers and caregivers of the elderly hospitalized in a hospital. An interview was used as an instrument of data collection. The data processing is given through Content Analysis. Six categories of study emerged as a result of the research: Characterization of the participants; Authoritarian evaluation of the companion's participation in the geriatric care; Emotional support for the elderly; Positive reinforcement for the hospitalized elderly, due to the interest of the companion in participating in the care; Difficult factors for the companion's participation in assisting the elderly; and Contribution of the nursing team to the companion's satisfaction. Therefore, it is concluded that the presence of the companion in the hospital environment, often acting as a post-hospitalization caregiver, in the home environment, contribute substantially to the improvement of the prognosis of the clinical picture and the recovery of the elderly patient. 

Descriptive/quantitative study accomplished between November and December of 2015. The data collection has been made with 22 institutionalized people by applying of Katz and Lawton & Brody scales. As became evident the independence to Activities of Daily Living (ADL) (81,8%) in Katz scale diverging of Lawton & Brody scale that showed low function, dependent (81,8%) to Activities Of Daily Living (IADL). Considering the data of functionality degree observed that it requires greater attention aiming aging quality. 

Neste estudo de prevalência de prescrição de medicamentos potencialmente inapropriados para idosos (MPI) em unidades municipais de atenção primária da zona leste de São Paulo, com base no Consenso Brasileiro de MPI, 55,2% dos 562 participantes possuíam prescrição de MPI, dos quais 94% constavam na Relação Municipal de Medicamentos Essenciais de São Paulo (REMUME-SP), apontando para a necessidade de inclusão nos protocolos clínicos da Relação Nacional (RENAME) as restrições para uso de MPI, constantes no Consenso Brasileiro de MPI.

This is a prospective-longitudinal, almost-experimental, exploratory-descriptive study with a quantitative approach, which assessed the beneficial effects of senior dance on the quality of life and incidence of pain in 12 elderly women who participated in 8 weeks of dance. The results showed a statistically significant difference in 6 questions of the Short-Form Health Survey and reduction of pain intensity in almost all body segments, according to Corlett's Rating Scale. 

The objective of this study was to evaluate the management of the service and care in a long-stay institution for the elderly. A descriptive, exploratory study supported by a report of academic experience, carried out in a long-term geriatric institution in which 54 elderly women are housed. The identification of conditions that can improve the assistance to the elderly population and the maintenance of its functionality contribute to the management of the service and care in the institution. 

Embodied by an interview, this study aimed to contextualize the interface between the process of population aging with the provision health services of municipal Oliveira Fortes, MG, Brazil. Confronting the national scene, the work ends punctuating the contradictory situation of the Brazilian population aging, although installed and fast, there is little, or even no, evidence of policies and public health actions directed at the elderly.

The present study aims to report the case of an elderly patient with chronic pain, highlighting main pharmaceutical diagnostics and interventions. The obtained results allow us to conclude that the pharmaco therapeutic monitoring can contribute directly to improving the quality of life of the patient. In the case of chronic diseases, such as pain, monitoring should be continuous in order to ensure adherence to treatment.

The increase in life expectancy often leads to the prevalence of some chronic-degenerative diseases related to aging, such as osteoporosis and sarcopenia. This is a retrospective and prospective research, with quantitative approach of the quasi-experimental kind, with pre- and post-test, without control group, using a protocol of exercises in aquatic physiotherapy.  Sample with 13 women, between 57 and 84 years old, with a medical diagnosis of osteopenia / osteoporosis, confirmed by bone densitometry. A protocol was applied in aquatic mean, with the duration of 30 week, twice a week. The participants were submitted to pre and post-intervention evaluations, measuring their muscle force through torque of quad muscle with dynamometry, and sarcopenia through Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) test. The results, after the aquatic physiotherapy protocol, showed that the torque on both sides was statistically significant; however, the non-dominant side (p = 0.0059) showed greater strength gain compared to the dominant member (p=0.01). The results of sarcopenia were also statistically significant after aquatic protocol (p=0.03458), from which it can be concluded that aquatic physiotherapy is effective in muscle torque and sarcopenia.

To analyze the factors associated with the occurrence of falls in elderly residents of the community. This is an epidemiological, cross-sectional, population-based study. Socio-demographic information, level of physical activity, functionality, falls, body mass index and vitamin D concentration were obtained. 289 elderly people participated in the study, with hypovitaminosis D associated with falls. The findings serve as subsidies for planning actions that enable better health conditions for the elderly population. 

Old age and homosexuality are considered taboo subjects in our society. Both are signifiers usually related to invisibility and stigma. Hence, this article looks into the different processes of mental health of Costa Rican gay older men, pondering their double minority status of age and sexuality. This introductory study intends to generate relevant information on the importance of the metal health of this cohort through a series of researches already carried out.