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Copyright of Portuguese Journal of Mental Health Nursing / Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Saúde Mental is the property of Portuguese Society of Mental Health Nursing and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

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The present article focuses on the temporal organization proposed in the day care Center and the ways of living the time for the baby in this space. This ethnographic research was conducted in a public daycare center in the southern Santa Catarina state. The research subjects were a group of twelve babies and four adults, two teachers in each period. The time organization proposed by the adults in the day care center was evidenced, and it is governed by the clock chronology, marked by the lightening, fragmentation and mechanization of daily actions. However, babies do not live this organization in a passive or static way. They resist and transgress the proposed time, seeking to live other relationships that are not foreseen by adults, but which are important and necessary for them. These facts indicate the need and urgency to (re) think about the organization of the time proposed in the day care center, in order to consider the experiences and rhythms of the babies who live there daily. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Fragile elderly need permanent care to avoid the occurrence of negative defects, such as, falls, hospitalizations and death. This study aimed to investigate the fragility phenotype among users of the day centers and institutionalized elderly. This cross-sectional research was carried out with 32 elderly, being 20 institutionalized elderly and 12 users of the day centers. Fragility data was assessed by the application of the fragility phenotype, which is composed by five measurable criteria (unintentional weight loss, assessment of palmar pressure strength, fatigue, gait speed and low activity physical). It was considered fragile elderly who scored in three or more criteria, pre-fragile who scored in one or two criteria and non-fragile who presented none of the criteria. Data analysis was conducted through Shapiro-Wilk, Chi-square, Fisher's exact test, Mann--Whitney and Spearman's correlation (p<0,05). There was no significant difference in pre-fragility and fragility between the groups (p = 0.697). There was no non-fragile elderly in both groups (institutionalized and day centers). Pre-fragile elderly walk more minutes per day (p=0.010) and week (p=0.031) when compared to fragile elderly, which, in turn, showed slower gait speed (p=0.001). It was concluded that there was no difference between the pre-fragility and fragility among institutionalized elderly and users of day centers as well as there was no non--fragile elderly in these sites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Portuguese Journal of Mental Health Nursing / Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Saúde Mental is the property of Portuguese Society of Mental Health Nursing and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

This study aimed to describe the quality of life of individuals over 70 years, taking into account the participation level in exercise programs, in both community and institutionalized context. Therefore a cross-sectional study was done, with a total of 250 subjects (74.8% female), evaluated according 4 different contexts. Group 1 (n=148) include community older subjects involved in an exercise program (frequency: 2 sessions/week; time: 45 minutes); Group 2 (n=41) contain elderly who belong to the community but not involved in regular physical activity; Group 3 (day care center, n=37) and group 4 (institution, n=24), aggregate elderly people who attend or are in care centers and did not exercise. To evaluate the perceived quality of life, SF36 questionnaire was performed. Multiple linear regression was done to estimate the trends of the scores according to groups of evaluation. After adjustment for age, significant trends (p for trend <0.05) were observed for physical function, mental health and vitality, with the best median results of quality of life belonging to the elderly enrolled in exercise program. Intervention programs based on physical exercise, even with short frequency and duration, are related with better quality of life among community elderly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Portuguese Journal of Mental Health Nursing / Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Saúde Mental is the property of Portuguese Society of Mental Health Nursing and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)