In this article are analyzed expressionist paintings with the theme of old age and aging. We met representative works of the aging scenario in expressionist paintings of national and international authors. The study of these paintings, portraying old age, aging and life stages, provide data for the conjecture as these painters saw the elder from the point of view bio-psycho-social.; No presente artigo são anali...
The study aimed to assess if age may be a risk factor of malnutrition in the elderly independent of a long-stay institution in the city of Sobradinho (DF). The data were collected from 24 independent elderly and separated two groups, one aged 60 and 79 and the other aged above 80 years. We used the Nutrition Mini Assessment (NMA), consisting of 18 items divided into: screening (food intake, weight, body mass in...
The aim of this study was to identify the lines and research topics of dissertations in the first decade of the stricto sensu in Gerontology program at Catholic University of Brasília, as well as the undergraduate course of its students and their mentors. It was concluded that interdisciplinarity, relevant and desirable feature in Gerontology, was valued in this program, since the large number of master's gradu...
A aceitação da velhice leva ao reconhecimento das próprias restrições e da finitude, pois a mesma, que não tem início definido, possui um fim claramente estabelecido: a morte. Na sociedade atual, a palavra de ordem é silenciar quando se trata da morte e também da velhice, na medida em que ela é tida como seu prenúncio. Assim, é importante que os profissionais de saúde não permaneçam no silêncio quanto à questã...
This study aims to understand the current landscape of national literature on quality of life (QOL) of elderly undergoing hemodialysis and the possible effects of treatment, through a systematic review of studies conducted in the last decade. A search was made in the indexing databases of the Virtual Health Library (VHL) in the period 2003-2013. It was concluded that there are numerous factors that cause low QO...
The study aimed to identify and update the knowledge about older people with Down Syndrome (DS), and to understand the peculiarities of the aging process in this population. Bibliographical research conducted by Portal de Periódicos da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior and High Wire portal. Inclusion criteria were articles published in the last ten years with the words “Down Syndrome" ...
We investigated 75 elderly of low socio-economic classes, living in the community, whether they allowed euthanasia in family members. 77.3% do not perform euthanasia. Regarding permission to a physician, responded with negatives: 78.7% for active form, 68% for passive, and 62.7% for double effect. The contrary arguments were: religious issues, destiny believing, hope of healing, don't assume the responsibility ...
The old age acceptance leads to the recognition of their own limitations and of their finitude, which has no definite beginning but has an ending clearly established: the death. In today's society, the order is silence when the focus is the death and also the old age, because this is regarded as its harbinger. Thus, it is important that health professionals in the care of the elderly should not remain silent on...
The sexuality of the elder has a history of negligence, seen as a taboo, both by society and by the individual himself, contributing to maintain the oppressive cultural standards related to the theme of sexuality related to aging. In the great majority of paintings, the elder individual is presented as an asexual character. The representation of the elder in paintings is usually shown in the following contexts:...
This article aims to analyze how sexuality in elderly is represented in Brazilian literature, drawing a picture of it at different times. It seeks to identify the silencing of sexuality dramatic effects impacting on old age in the societies the elderly come from, as well as the way such societies use to expose the hypocrisy of human relationships.; Este artigo tem como objetivo analisar como a sexualidade na ve...