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The area of Palliative Care (PC) aims at the quality of life to the patient (QLP) who has a disease that has no prognosis for cure. Objective: Carry out an integrative review of the literature on PC in the field of Speech Therapy. Methods: a search was performed considering the descriptors “Palliative Care” and “Speech Therapy”. Results: eight studies met the inclusion criteria. Conclusion: Speech therapy in the area of PC, still has little scientific evidence, however, it is possible to identify its contribution to improving the QLP. 

Objective: To evaluate the lifestyle and its relations with fat free body mass in elderly people. Method: This was a cross-sectional study, in which 65 long-lived residents of São Paulo city (SP, Brazil) were evaluated. All participants answered the sociodemographic questionnaire and the Profile Lifestyle instrument, in addition to performing the bioimpedance exam and Walking Test. Results: The mean age was 78.8±4.4, and the mean body mass index was 27.4±5.6. Of the respondents, 61.6% were women. The average lifestyle score was 32.12 points. A significant correlation was found between the lifestyle components and the fat free mass index. Conclusion: Significant positive correlation was found between lifestyle components and fat free mass. Most people have an excellent lifestyle and body composition is healthy, with a significant percentage of fat free mass. 

The aim of this study is to present how a group of elderly people with various chronic diseases, linked to health insurance, manages their treatment and whether their participation in a specific chronic disease management program interferes (or not) in this self-management. It was noted that this group of people have their own behavior when dealing with their prescribed treatment, that give them control over their illnesses and their bodies, selecting information and reinterpreting their relationship with falling ill. It is part of your medical knowledge.

Objectives: to identify how resilience is expressed among women with diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) in a municipality in the southwest region of Bahia and to analyze the relationship between resilience and sociodemographic characteristics and health. Method: A cross-sectional, prospective research, developed among 50 women with DM2 in 2013, using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and sociodemographic data. Results: showed that the average value of DM2 impact on quality of life of women is similar to that found in other studies that investigated people with an diabetes, with average resilience scale CD-RISC of 79.48. There was an association between resilience and religion and the impact of the quality of life of patients with Diabetes in general. We conclude that interventions that enable the promotion of resilience in women with diabetes type 2 can increase the positive outcomes of life and make them more confident in their treatment to improve glycemic control. 

The objective of this article was to evaluate the conditions associated with self-perceived oral health in 60 elderly people living in the rural area of ​​a municipality in Paraná, in the 2018-2020 interstice. Although the majority of the elderly people presented positive self-perception of oral health, negative self-perception was shown. if associated with unfavorable dental clinical condition and functions of the stomatognathic system.

The occurrence of falls in aging represents a serious public health problem. We searched the literature for clinical studies that presented therapeutic exercises / kinesiotherapy to prevent and minimize falls. This is a literature review of clinical trials evaluated by the PEDro methodological quality scale (Physiotherapy Evidence Database). Short-term and long-term home therapeutic exercises were found, the OEP (Otago Exercise Program) proved to be effective, significantly reduced falls and improved quality of life for the elderly fallers. 

Prudence and vigilance mark the accelerated phenomenon of population aging, which demonstrates an international concern in the field of health, politics, and economics. Aging starts justifying the redefinition of policies and programs that aim to transform the global profile of old age. New political modes for the management of the elderly population are emerging. Aging is now conceived in accordance with strict normative standards. The biological view of aging predominates. Old age becomes the subject of a number of practices that are linked to medical discourse, from healthy aging to quality of life and old age. The illogical aging body refers to the understanding that, despite all social frames, growing old can become a transgressive process, by challenging aesthetic standards and the cultural and political modeling. The illogical, unexpected, insurgent can be an affirmative and sensitive component of the life of those who age.

We sought clinical trials published in the last ten years on prosthetized elderly who underwent kinesiotherapeutic protocols to recover functionality after full knee prosthesis. A literature review was performed in the PEDro, PubMed and SciELO databases. Most studies presented effective protocols for elderly patients with total knee prosthesis that consisted of isometric, isotonic, aerobic, and resistance therapeutic exercise programs. 

Quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study with the objective of assessing the pressure threshold of the pelvic floor of 14 elderly women. An adapted evaluation form and a manual dynamometer were used to assess the pressure pain threshold. The pressure threshold for pain in the pelvic floor was similar between the sides and did not show statistically significant differences. The internal consistency was considered satisfactory. Further research is needed to better identify the reasons and consequences of pelvic pain in elderly women.

This article has as its focus a theme that is hardly analyzed in the academic production on Human Rights: friendship and intergenerational care in popular culture. The article is based on a research that discussed friendship as mutual care and expansion of the practice of citizenship among children, youth and senior citizens. The authors discuss the importance of friendship and intergenerational care, revealing that they strengthen the right the involved actors have to live in family and community contexts.  

The objective was to identify the population niches of elderly people who were interviewed with the Barthel Index in the national scientific scenario. It is a review of scientific literature of the narrative type, with articles selected from 2008 to 2018 in the following databases: LILACS, BVS, and the CAPES Journal Portal. 57 articles were found, but only five were part of this research. The instrument in question was validated for a sample of elderly outpatients, but it was used for the elderly in different social niches. 

The aim of this study was to analyze the profile and risk of in-hospital death and after 30 days of discharge of elderly people who came into contact with the femur from September 2015 to July 2016. This is a cohort study from the quantitative, longitudinal and prospective type. There was no association between femur fracture and in-hospital death and up to 30 days after discharge; however, the elderly diagnosed with femur fracture were associated with the development of in-hospital complications and hospital immobility.  

Objective is to describe the clinical and surgical profile of elderly people. This is a descriptive and retrospective study, with a quantitative approach. The study sample consists of 130 records of elderly people who underwent surgery. Demographic characteristics have been described; the clinical profile; the surgical profile; and the main complications. The study allowed to identify characteristics of the elderly population served, which will subsidize the planning of the assistance provided 

Balance dysfunctions can occur due to the aging process. This is a methodological study carried out to identify and discuss therapeutic exercise programs carried out in the aquatic environment applied to balance disorders in the elderly. Therapeutic exercise programs carried out in the aquatic environment of the resisted and non-resisted type carried out in the short to long, medium and long term have been suggested. Kinesiotherapeutic exercises are effective in maintaining and improving the balance of the elderly. However, more studies with good methodological quality need to be conducted for a better basis in clinical practice. 

The study aimed to identify knowledge, perceptions and experiences among Community Health Workers (CHW) regarding the health of the elderly. A questionnaire with open and closed questions was applied. Participated in this study 43 CHW, with female predominance. The general analysis showed low level of knowledge about official instruments on health of the elderly; meanings differing between the pathological, the social and the integral, related to the health of the elderly. It concludes the imminent need for improvement / updating of CHWs, with a view to enabling them to better address the field situations that involve assisting the aged population.Keywords:

This study aims to identify the Advanced Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (AIADL), which are present in the choices and activities of elderly centenarians living in the mesoregion of the Greater Florianópolis Area, Santa Catarina State, Brazil. It also aims to show AIADL as mediators of life habits, which can expand the individuation process among elderly centenarians. This study is a descriptive and qualitative research and used as a basis the question “What is your daily life like at the age of 100 or older?”. Based on the analysis of the responses from eight (8) subjects, we observed that the leisure activities, daily tasks and social roles experienced by elderly centenarians during their lifetime influence their choices and their satisfaction with the activities they perform in their present everyday life. The subjects highlighted the fact that, through advanced instrumental activities, they seek capacity and power towards individuation. To them, the desire of living a full life through the diversity of ageing is to continue desiring with an opinion and willingness to make decisions about their own life. 

Study aiming to compare the perception of genital self-image and sexual function of elderly women with and without fibromyalgia of 28 elderly women divided into two groups, with fibromyalgia (GFM) and without fibromyalgia (GS). The evaluation was done using the evaluation form adapted from Etienne and Waitman, FGSIS (Female Genital Self-Image Scale) and FSFI (Female Sexual Function Index). Elderly women in both groups consider themselves to have a positive genital self-image. GFM has worse sexual function. 

This study, descriptive and cross-sectional, aimed to analyze the family APGAR of elderly people with dependencies on the functionality of their respective family systems, through the medical records of a day center. The results show that the majority of the elderly are female and are between 70 and 89 years old. In calculating the family APGAR, 60% indicate family systems with good function (mild or absent dysfunction) and 40% with significant dysfunction (moderate and severe). It is recommended that during the application of the instrument, open-ended questions be asked to the dimension that scores the least to explore the weakness in the family function.  

A desigualdade social condiciona os processos relacionados ao envelhecimento das populações. Na perspectiva da totalidade social discutimos o Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) e os desafios à proteção social para as populações idosas no Brasil, onde 75,3% dos/as idosos/as dependem exclusivamente do SUS. Há, portanto, desafios na oferta da assistência ao referido segmento, no atual cenário de aprofundamento das desigualdades, crise econômica e ataques aos processos democráticos.

Osteoporosis is the most common bone metabolism disorder, characterized by bone mineral density (BMD), which leads to a deterioration of bone mass and structure, increasing bone fragility and a higher risk of fracture. Minor damage to stress and speed of physical activity, increasing speed and getting denser. However, studies seek to analyze and compare therapeutic resources (water and soil) for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis / osteoporosis. Two exercise protocols (soil and water) were investigated for age changes and low BMD. As Methods, elderly women with low BMD screened by inclusion / exclusion criteria, with 17 of them obeying them. For the Assessment, a questionnaire with a history of falls, anthropometric measurements, assessment of flexibility and balance, muscle strength and bone mineral densitometry. Subsequently, the elderly were divided into two groups: Aquatic Therapy (GA) and Solo (GS), in two weekly sessions of strengthening and balance training, 50 minutes, eight weeks. At the end, reassessment of the participants. As Results: exercise in an aquatic environment increased the Berg balance scale (BSE) score and flexibility compared to the control group. Despite the increase in muscle strength, compared to the pre-assessment, there was no significant difference between the intervention groups after the exercise protocols. It was concluded that both are effective in the treatment of osteopenia / osteoporosis, with greater adherence by participants in GA. There was no significant difference between groups after the evaluations.