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Percepção de idosos sobre o papel do psicólogo em instituições de longa permanência

Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia
Este trabalho se propôs a descrever a percepção de idosos institucionalizados sobre o papel do profissional psicólogo junto à população abrigada das Instituições de Longa Permanência para Idosos (ILPI) da cidade de Juiz de Fora-MG. O universo da pesquisa
Jimilly Caputo Corrêa, Maria Elisa Caputo Ferreira, Vanessa Nolasco Ferreira, Eliane Ferreira Carvalho Banhato   +3 more
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Practices of caregivers when evaluating the risk of falls in the admission of older adults to nursing homes

Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 2020
. Falls are a complex problem for the older population residing in nursing homes. Despite recommendations, many difficulties remain in the evaluation of and systematic information on fall risk factors.
Cristina Lavareda Baixinho, Maria dos Anjos Dixe   +1 more
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Designing homes for the aged

, 1985
This Building Practice Note addresses the problem of retrofitting homes for the aged to meet the design criteria of the eighties. Part 1 develops the concept of a dynamic functional program and compares this to a static model used at the time of construction.
Champagne, J. R., Brink, S.
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Fatores associados à desnutrição em idosos institucionalizados

Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia
Trata-se de artigo de revisão integrativa da literatura com o objetivo de analisar as evidências científicas que retratam os fatores associados à desnutrição em idosos institucionalizados.
Juliana Lourenço Silva, Ana Paula de Oliveira Marques, Márcia Carrera Campos Leal, Danielle Lopes Alencar, Elisa Moura de Albuquerque Melo   +4 more
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Human immunodeficiency virus in institutionalized elderly people

São Paulo Medical Journal
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: A search in the SciELO and PubMed databases showed few studies on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive individuals in long-term care institutions (LTCIs), thus prompting the present study.
Milton Luiz Gorzoni, Sueli Luciano Pires, Lilian de Fátima Costa Faria, Márcia Regina Valadares Aguado, Miriam Carmen Santana   +4 more
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Changes to the feet of institutionalized elderly persons

Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, 2018
Objective: The present study aimed to identify the most frequent changes to the feet of institutionalized elderly persons. Method: A descriptive study was conducted with elderly persons living in long-term care facilities in the city of Passo Fundo, Rio
Eidimara Ferreira, Marilene Rodrigues Portella, Marlene Doring   +2 more
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Envelhecimento e percepção corporal de idosos institucionalizados

Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia
O estudo tem por objetivo verificar, nos discursos de idosos institucionalizados, quais aspectos consideram ao remeter à percepção e visão que têm de seus corpos. Utilizou-se de entrevista semiestruturada com dados sociodemográficos e uma questão sobre a
Jéssica Sobrinho Teixeira, Jimilly Caputo Corrêa, Carla Beatriz da Silva Rafael, Valter Paulo Neves Miranda, Maria Elisa Caputo Ferreira   +4 more
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Falls in institutionalized older adults: risks, consequences and antecedents

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Objective: To analyze the occurrence of falls in institutionalized elderly addressing the risks, consequences and antecedents. Method: Cross-sectional study carried out with 45 older adults in Long-Term Care Facilities for the Older adult in João Pessoa,
Antonio Herculano de Araújo Neto, Anna Cláudia Freire de Araújo Patrício, Milenna Azevedo Minhaqui Ferreira, Brenda Feitosa Lopes Rodrigues, Thayná Dias dos Santos, Thays Domingos de Brito Rodrigues, Richardson Augusto Rosendo da Silva   +6 more
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The Australian Aged Care and Its Implications for the Korean Aging Crisis

Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2018
The Australian aged care system has evolved for ＞50 years to support frail older adults and allow them to make informed decisions about their care. Hospitals provide streamlined geriatric services from visits at the Emergency Department to discharges ...
Moo-Young Kim, Premala Subramaniam, Leon Flicker   +2 more
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COGNITIVE LOSS AND FUNCTIONAL DEPENDENCE IN LONG-LIVED ELDERLY IN HOMES FOR THE AGED

Cogitare Enfermagem, 2017
The objective was to assess the degree of functional dependence for the Basic Activities of Daily Living and the cognitive loss of long-lived elderly at two long-term care institutions for the elderly in the State of Bahia.
Renato Novaes Chaves, Pollyanna Viana Lima, Tatiane Dias Casimiro Valença, Elaine dos Santos Santana, Maykon dos Santos Marinho, Luciana Araújo dos Reis   +5 more
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