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Abordagem do idoso em programas de saúde da família [PDF]

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2003
Discorre-se sobre a Política Nacional de Saúde do Idoso cujo propósito basilar reside na promoção do envelhecimento saudável, na manutenção e melhoria, ao máximo, da capacidade funcional dos idosos, na prevenção de doenças, na recuperação da saúde dos ...
Silvestre Jorge Alexandre, Costa Neto Milton Menezes da   +1 more
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Ações educativas em promoção da saúde no envelhecimento: a experiência do núcleo de atenção ao idoso da UNATI/UERJ

O Mundo da Saúde, 2007
O artigo apresenta a experiência do Programa de Ações Educativas em Promoção de Saúde no Envelhecimento do Núcleo de Atenção ao Idoso, ambulatório da Universidade Aberta da Terceira Idade, da UERJ.
Mônica de Assis, Liliane Carvalho Pacheco, Maria Fátima Garcia de Menezes, Maria Helena de Jesus Bernardo, Claudia Helena Vigné Alvarez de Steenhagen, Elda Lima Tavares, Débora Martins dos Santos   +6 more
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Health care strategies in long-term care facilities in Bahia State, Brazil

Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2022
OBJECTIVE: To describe health care strategies for older people living in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) in Bahia state, Brazil. METHODS: This is an ecological study involving LTCFs identified in Bahia state, which were invited to participate in a ...
Meirelayne Borges Duarte, João Victor Nunes Freitas, Rafaela Andrade Correia, Mônica Hupsel Frank, Helena Patáro de Oliveira Novaes, Janine Cardoso Soub, Diana Oliveira Noronha, Peter Lloyd-Sherlock   +7 more
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COVID-19 morbimortality in long-term care facilities in the state of Bahia, Brazil

Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2022
OBJECTIVE: To describe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) morbidity and mortality in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) in the state of Bahia, Brazil. METHODS: This is an ecological study involving identified and active LTCFs in Bahia, monitored by the ...
Meirelayne Borges Duarte, Isabela Lôbo Duarte, Lucas Maia Scardino Faria, Mônica Hupsel Frank, Helena Patáro de Oliveira Novaes, Janine Cardoso Soub, Diana Oliveira Noronha, Peter Lloyd-Sherlock   +7 more
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Effects of relocation of sedentary time and physical activity in older adults with diabetes mellitus

AGING MEDICINE, Volume 6, Issue 2, Page 170-176, June 2023., 2023
Abstract Objective To estimate the hypothetical effects of substituting time spent in moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and time spent in sedentary behavior (SB) and their associations with diabetes. Methods A cross‐sectional study using exploratory survey methods was performed in Alcobaça city in the state of Bahia, Brazil in the year 2015.
Lucas Lima Galvão, Rízia Rocha Silva, Daniela de Jesus Costa, Sheilla Tribess, Douglas Assis Teles Santos, Jair Sindra Virtuoso Júnior   +5 more
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Cognitive empathy across the lifespan

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, Volume 64, Issue 12, Page 1524-1531, December 2022., 2022
What this paper adds Cognitive empathy is a late‐developing ability and changes across the lifespan. Cognitive empathy increases during childhood but with potentially altered abilities during adolescence. Cognitive empathy matures during early adulthood and gradually declines in older age.
Liam Dorris, David Young, Jill Barlow, Karl Byrne, Robin Hoyle   +4 more
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Integrated long‐term care partnerships between government social care and health agencies in Brazil: The Belo Horizonte model

International Social Security Review, Volume 75, Issue 3-4, Page 103-120, July-December 2022., 2022
Abstract The article sets out key elements of the policy agenda for enhanced integration between health and social care for older people in high‐income countries and demonstrates its wider relevance to low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). The article then explores the context for this agenda in Brazil, including growing demand for long‐term care ...
Peter Lloyd‐Sherlock, Karla Giacomin, Poliana Fialho de Carvalho, Quesia Nayrane Ferreira de Sousa   +3 more
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Providing long‐term care: Options for a better workforce

International Social Security Review, Volume 75, Issue 3-4, Page 121-144, July-December 2022., 2022
Abstract Older people and their care workers have been disproportionately affected by the COVID‐19 pandemic. Many OECD Member countries have taken measures to contain the spread of the infection and improve the care workforce. Yet the health crisis is highlighting and exacerbating pre‐existing structural problems in the long‐term care (LTC) sector.
Ana Llena‐Nozal, Eileen Rocard, Paola Sillitti   +2 more
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Clinical outcome of patients hospitalized in a coronary intensive care unit / Desfecho clínico de usuários internados em uma unidade intensiva coronariana

Revista de Pesquisa Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 2021
Objetivo: Verificar quais os desfechos clínicos dos usuários internados em uma Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Coronariana de um hospital no sul de Mato Grosso.
Lizziane Campos e Silva, Suellen Rodrigues de Oliveira Maier, Danielle Santana Soares, Mayara Rocha Siqueira Sudré, Michele Salles da Silva, Graciano Almeida Sudré   +5 more
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Supplementation For Diarrhea Control In Hospitalized Geriatric Patients On Enteral Nutrition [PDF]

Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging
OBJECTIVE: To compare results of prebiotic, probiotic and synbiotic supplementation for the control of diarrhea in older patients receiving enteral nutritional therapy during hospitalization at a school hospital in Curitiba, state of Paraná. METHODS: The
Janaina Bach Naslowski Pocidoni, Magda Rosa Ramos da Cruz, Ivone Mayumi Ikeda Morimoto, Ludimilla Mendonça, Camila Werner Engelhardt, Jaqueline Naomi Fujimura   +5 more
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