Fragilidade é a manifestação mais evidente do envelhecimento da população. Caracteriza-se por ser um estado de vulnerabilidade que envolve múltiplas dimensões e pode ser influenciado por fatores relacionados com o próprio indivíduo ou com fatores externos. Objetivos: Avaliar os ritmos circadianos dos idosos; Avaliar os níveis de luminosidade e ruído a que estão expostos; Descrever os hábitos de sono, alimentare...
Ageing populations represent a challenge to the sustainability of current healthcare systems. The need to balance these demographic changes with gains in healthy life years and quality of life (QoL) constitutes an additional challenge. Aware of this, the European Commission (EC) launched the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIPonAHA) in 2012. The EIPonAHA is an interdisciplinary and...
Introduction: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a term used to describe a level of decline in cognition which is seen as an intermediate stage between normal ageing and dementia, and which many consider to be a prodromal stage of neurodegeneration that may become dementia. That is, it is perceived as a high risk level of cognitive change. The increasing burden of dementia in our society, but also our increasin...