Objetivo: avaliar as publicações científicas sobre o alcoolismo e o envelhecimento. Métodos: estudo bibliométrico, realizado por meio da análise de artigos disponíveis na base de dados da LILACS, EBSCOT e MEDLINE, no período de 2010-2016. Resultados: os achados demostram a crescente busca sobre a...
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the perception of elderly women about sexuality and practice of nursing care in this context. Method: a descriptive qualitative study. Fifty elderly women from Guanambi City - Bahia State were interviewed in 2016. Data collection technique was direct interview by using an...
ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the structure and dynamics of families in the late stage of the life cycle that have a member with intellectual disability. Method: qualitative research using the Calgary Family Assessment Model as methodological framework. The study had 38 participants, distributed in...
Objective to compare the frailty syndrome among elderly people living at home in two Brazilian cities and to identify factors related to sociodemographic and health-related variables. Method population-based cross-sectional study with 480 elderly individuals from the cities of Ribeirão Preto/SP and J...
Objetivo: Analisar a concepção de velhice dos profissionais de saúde que atuam no ambiente hospitalar. Método: Trata-se de um estudo exploratório descritivo, de abordagem qualitativa, realizado em uma Unidade de Clínica Médica de um Hospital Universitário no município de Vitória, Espírito Sant...
ABSTRACT Objective: to understand how the rural older adults promote their autonomy in active aging. Method: qualitative research through the Paulo Freire's research itinerary, consisting of three steps: area of research; encoding and decoding; and critical unveiling. Seventeen older adults living in t...
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the quality of life and health of elderly in rural areas of Minas Gerais State's center-west. Method: Cross-sectional study, in four municipalities of Minas Gerais State, by interviewing elderly people. Associations between socio-demographic and quality of life variables...
ABSTRACT The objective is to reflect on historicity and temporality as paths for the transcendence of being elderly, based on the phenomenological concepts of Martin Heiddeger. A review of the concepts of transcendence, historicity and temporality was carried out in the work of Martín Heidegger, integra...
ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the transitions experienced, and the conditions and expected response patterns to changes in sexuality of the spouse-caregiver of the elderly, during progression of the dementia process. Method: A qualitative research study, conducted at the neurogeriatric clinic betwe...
