Objective: The objective of this review was to map the characteristics of respiratory rehabilitation programs for people with Parkinson's disease. Introduction: Parkinson's disease is a progressive and heterogeneous neurodegenerative disease. Respiratory dysfunction is highly prevalent in people with Parkinson's disease and is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality. People with Parkinson's disease may e...
This chapter focuses on the use of technology on older adult health promotion. During the ageing process, they experience changes in physical, cognitive, psychological, and social domains. Frailty is the most problematic expression of ageing and entails a high risk of adverse outcomes. In order to prevent it, healthcare professionals must intervene on health promotion. However, it\\\'s impossible to continuousl...
Objective: The objective of this scoping review is to examine and map interventions of palliative rehabilitation that are implemented and evaluated in palliative care. Introduction: Palliative rehabilitation is defined as the process of helping an individual with a progressive, frequently advanced and/or incurable disease reach their physical, psychological, and social potential consistent with physiological an...
This chapter focuses on the use of technology on older adult's health promotion. During the ageing process, they experience changes in physical, cognitive, psychological and social domains. Frailty is the most problematic expression of ageing and entails a high risk of adverse outcomes. In order to prevent them, healthcare professionals must intervene on health promotion. However, it\'s impossible to monitor co...
There is a growing need to implement and evaluate the technological solutions that allow the early detection of age-related frailty and enable assessment of the predictive values of frailty components. The broad use of these solutions may ensure an efficient and sustainable response of health and social care systems to the challenges related to demographic aging. In this paper, we present the protocol of the Mo...
There is a growing need to implement and evaluate the technological solutions that allow the early detection of age-related adverse outcomes, as frailty, and enable assessment of lifestyle habits that can be maintain or improved to prevent such adverse outcomes. In this study, the sample are composed by older adults aged 65-80 years, recruited from community, and invited to use an electronic de-vice ACM Kronowi...
Considerando o aumento do uso de tecnologias de monitorização, especialmente nos cuidados geriátricos, importa compreender a perceção dos idosos e seus familiares face à sua utilização no quotidiano. Estudo desenvolvido no âmbito do projeto "Saúde circadiana, atividade física e padrão de hábitos alimentares como preditores de fragilidade: população portuguesa", com objetivos de analisar as experiências dos idos...
Older adults should participate more actively in the management of their health, integrating healthy behaviors to maintain their functional capacity [1]. The inclusion of new technologies in healthcare is a promising strategy to support behaviors that maximize older functionality [2]. Considering the probable increase in these technologies use, especially in geriatric care [3], it's important to understand the ...
Contexto: O recurso à simulação, na formação de enfermeiros, tem aumentado nas últimas décadas e proporcionado a aquisição e desenvolvimento de várias competências. Contudo, os dados relativos à utilização específica do simulador de velhice encontram-se dispersos na literatura. Objetivo: Mapear intervenções com o simulador de velhice, implementadas em estudantes de enfermagem. Método de revisão: Scoping review ...
A aposta nas relações entre gerações, constitui-se como uma base para a valorização da velhice, diminuição dos receios e dos estereótipos inerentes a esta fase do desenvolvimento humano. Destes princípios surgiu o projeto Antecipar a experiência de ser idoso. É possível, com o uso de um equipamento que simula os efeitos do envelhecimento, proporcionar oportunidade às crianças de colocar-se na pele do idoso, exp...