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The objective is to describe and analyze the possible associations between the variables institutionalization, education, polypharmacy, depression and cognitive impairment, in two heterogeneous elderly groups. Methods and Procedures: Subjects were 48 elderly, of whom 24 were institutionalized and 24 were non-institutionalized. The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) was used to assess cognitive decline and, for depression, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). As a result: 8.3% of subjects presented cognitive decline and 52,1% presented depression. Among those institutionalized, there was a higher incidence of cognitive decline and depression. Age negatively influenced cognitive performance (rS = -0.450, p = 0.001). An inverse relationship was observed between cognitive decline and depression (rs= -0.304, p = 0.036). Older people with higher schooling had a lower rate of depression, and illiterate elderly individuals presented greater cognitive decline. There were no significant differences between illiterate and low schooling elderly. It was concluded that institutionalized elderly lacking social and cognitive stimulation are more vulnerable to cognitive decline and depression, which indicates the importance of conducting controlled research on protective factors for depression and cognitive decline in elderly populations and the establishment of public policies that aim at improving the quality of life of the elderly population, especially the most deprived elderly and the institutionalized. 

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects promoted by a cognitive stimulation program on cognition and subjective memory complaint in elderly people of a Senior Center. Ten elderly people participated in the program, which consisted of nine weekly meetings that addressed several aspects, focusing on episodic and operational memory, and language. Significant improvement in memory and language cognitive domains after the workshop was observed, as well as increased subjective complaints of memory. 

This study aimed to investigate the contributions of physical exercise to health of elderly people with diabetes mellitus. This is an integrative literature review -that included studies indexed in Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences (LILACS), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), using the descriptors “elderly”, “aerobic exercise”, “resistance training” and “diabetes mellitus”. The physical exercise proved to be efficient in promoting improvements in indicators for cardiovascular risk, blood pressure levels and arterial stiffness, physical fitness and depressive symptoms in elderly diabetics. 

The objective of this study was to evaluate the overall satisfaction with the life of elderly people in the tertiary education program at a tertiary education institution in the city of Teresina, PI. It is a cross-sectional, quantitative type and was carried out with a sample of 120 elderly women from an extension project of the Piauí State University. It was observed that most are satisfied with their lives, since participating in an extension project may have had a positive influence on this self-assessment.

This descriptive and observational study aimed to present the Day Center for the Elderly, the profile of users, and the applicability of the theory of positive affects as a power of action and strengthening of bonds. The Day Center for the Elderly is a short-term public resource for the elderly who have family members during situations of social vulnerability and dependency. It is noted in home visits of the elderly that their situations can translate into isolation, confinement, abandonment, abuse, neglect, prejudice, discrimination, subjection, affective poverty, dependence, and fragility of family and community bonds. After access to the services and interventions, we observed an improvement in self-esteem, affectivity, autonomy, independence, coexistence and strengthening of bonds. 

Aging calls for new forms of services for the elderly. Thinking of supplying this demand, there is the Day Center for the Elderly (CDI) that offers service to the elderly, semi-dependent. On the one hand there is explicit recognition of the importance of CDI for the elderly / family / society triad, on the other hand, studies and formulations in the scope of quality control of these services. The purpose of this study was to: Understand the quality of day centers for the elderly.

Studies in the literature suggest that games with large displacements in the center of mass and changes in the support base defy balance and are sufficient to improve postural control during functional activities, as well as promoting social interaction. This study aimed to survey the benefits provided by the activity of playing Xbox bowling in institutionalized elderly, and the motivations that led them to participate in it. A qualitative research was carried out using Schütz Social Phenomenology as the basis and applying the Geriatric Depression Scale (EDG) as an instrument. Methods: 14 residents of an Nursing Home participated in the study. Results and considerations: The result showed us that this type of activity improved the mood of most participants, in addition to increasing social interaction and residents' satisfaction. 

The aging is related with use of drugs. This research is a systematic review about use of potentially inappropriate drugs for elderly evaluated by Beers Criteria. The prevalence’s range was 17 to 98,2% on home, ambulatory, hospital or nursing home samples. These data demonstrate that governmental politics are necessary to face the risks of drugs using by elderly in Brazil.

The elderly population has grown in recent years, while not past, these are seen as a source of wisdom and respect, today are always more victims of violence in various forms. Be it in the form of lack of accessibility, lack of adaptation to these, be it no social discredit, even forms more graves of violence such as physical, psychological and abandonment, often on the part of those who should care and love, as children and relatives . Organs and documents, such as the Statute for the Elderly, seek to bring dignity to the elderly population. It is also important to emphasize protective and professional networks that welcome and care for people. However, these same professionals are better able to learn and be closer and more solidary in has been able to identify the diagnosis of violence more quickly. The objective of this study is to analyze the main forms of violence committed to the elderly, where some are not always perceptible, as well as to deal clearly with the role of the protective networks professional, their qualities and limitations, as well as to offer the means to prevent violence and helps elderly people who have been victims of violence. To do so, this article is done on the basis of bibliographic research, that is, it is carried out based on books, scientific articles and other serious and reliable source materials that will bring credibility yet still work. 

This study aimed to investigate the functional independence and its relations in the quality of life of elderly participants Basic Units of community groups Health. It was observed that the functional independence presents correlation with the quality of life of the elderly, with statistical significance for the domains 'functioning of the sensorium', 'autonomy' and 'social participation'. Cloncluded that functionally independent elderly present a better quality of life. 

This is an experience report of a group of elderly memory and communication stimulation carried out between 2014th and 2017th. A total of 96 elderlies participated in the meetings, with a prevalence of females. About 14 semesters of meetings were held weekly, lasting 80 minutes. In addition to a living space, stimulation activities focused on cognitive performance were carry out in order to elderly health promotion and quality of life. 

This study aims to relate the performance in Working Memory with the self-perception of Quality of Life in active older people. This study is an observational, cross-sectional, quantitative, and descriptive study carried out in a community center for the elderly in Aracaju, SE, Brazil, which concluded that the Working Memory was associated with self-perception of quality of life and satisfaction with health in the population studied.

The aim of this study was to verify the profile of studies that deal with female genital self-image in the aging process and the intervening factors in it. Integrative bibliographic review in the SciELO, LILACS, MEDLINE and PubMed databases. 28 articles were found, most of them with women in perimenopause, using the Female Genital Self Image Scale and having as intervening factors sexual function, genital surgeries, relationship status, age, among others. 

This article aims to investigate how dance, while body expression is related to a life-enhancing experience in old age. For this, a systematic review of the literature was carried out by combining the descriptors: dance, body, aging and potentiating experience, in the SciELO database, obtaining 33 publications in the period from 2005 to 2015. It is concluded that the experience of dance enables the elderly to reinvent themselves, although studies on the subject are still scarce in the scientific literature.

The objective of this work was to report the experience lived in the realization of therapeutic music workshops to promote the health of the elderly. The activities took place in two stages: in the first, the activities of therapeutic music workshops were carried out and, in the second, a conversation circle for dialogue about this Complementary Integrative Practice. The use of music is relevant for health promotion in elderly individuals, being easy to apply by students, guided by health professionals.

The objective of this article was to carry out a participatory evaluation of an Open University to the Third Age from the elderly’s perspective. Ten people aged between 62 and 74 years participated in a semi-structured interview, whose data were submitted to the thematic content analysis. Three categories were discussed: satisfaction with the project, learning for daily life and didactic resources and planning. Satisfaction arose from the possibility of interaction and acquisition of knowledge. It discusses the need to advance the didactics used by teachers and project planning. 

The objective of this study was to search for original articles that approach the Brazilian and Czech  elderly’s quality of life in different dimensions. A systematic review was developed and the searches were carried out in Pub-Med/MEDLINE, LILACS, SciELO and PsycINFO databases. The quests were performed using the English language, over the period ranging from July 2008 through June 2018. Thirty  studies, 27 with  Brazilian elderly, 2 with Czech elderly and 1 with both populations,  were found according to selected inclusion criteria. The results show that the Czech elderly have a lower quality of life perception than the Brazilian ones. When living in rural areas, the latter showed good results for autonomy, psychological and physical factors as well as low consumption of alcohol and tobacco. The different dimensions of quality of life can be improved for the Czech and Brazilian elderly for health education and social purposes. 

The study aimed to analyze the pelvic floor functionality of physically active elderly women with and without Urinary Incontinence, according to the age group. Through a descriptive research, with 61 elderly women (30 with UI and 31 without UI) aged between 60 and 71 years, physically active in the municipality of Santa Maria, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The elderly women with UI in the longest-lived group had worse pelvic floor functionality, in the items strength (p = 0.049) and maintained repetitions (p = 0.023), with aging being an influencing factor for UI genesis.

The objective is to know the gender gaps in the life of rural elderly people and their impact on old age. The methodology is qualitative, the study analyzes the life stories of 15 rural elderly people (9 women and 6 men), in Mexico. The results show that from an early age there are gender differences resulting in interdependent gaps and inequalities that affect the entire course of life, with accentuated effects on old age. 

This article aims to explore enablers and barriers in the implementation of centered care in older people. From the research carried out in English, Spanish and Portuguese, in the databases EBSCO-PSY / ASC, PUBMED, SciELO and B-on, 27 articles were included for narrative review of the literature. The information was organized into six domains and made it possible to understand the aspects that influence the development and maintenance of practices centered in older people living in long-term care facilities.