Background We describe the investigation and control of an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Portugal in October, November and December 2014. Methods Confirmed cases were individuals with pneumonia, laboratory evidence of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 and exposure, by residence, occupational or leisure to the affected municipalities. 49 possible sources were reduced to four potential sources, all indust...
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Introduction: Across the last decades, ageing has largely contributed to position dementia as a huge public health problem, reflecting the burden on service users and their social networks, namely families and informal carers. In health services, family issues regarding dementia frequently lead to referrals. However, at service or community levels, family needs are often underestimated or unmet. In this study, ...
Dementia and other late-life conditions in neuropsychiatry impose a heavy burden onsociety as a whole and in families in particular. A number of clinical presentations involvingfamily aspects may be seen in clinical practice in a range of diagnoses (Alzheimer'sdisease, other dementias, depression or any other psychiatric disorder in the elderly).As a consequence, there is a growing trend towards working with fa...