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The aim of this study was to analyze the scientific production in Social Education with older people. All articles of the Web of Science (Core Collection) during the period 2008-2018 were selected by filtering the search with the words "social" and "education" in the title and the word "older" in the topic. Following PRISMA indications, 35 articles were selected and analyzed based on their: institution's publication distribution, journal type, main discipline, study type, publication's orientation, statistical methods, sample type, sample's age, context, sample's educational level, and resources and tools usage. The articles assessed here included articles having a study sample of older people and another group and articles having intervention programs compared to other fields of action. The results showed that there were a wide range of scientific journals that accepted publishing on the topic of older people social education. The present study generated an action map for future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article aims to answer two important questions, both linked to emotional well-being throughout lifetime: Are old as happy as young people? What is the relationship between age and happiness? The current academic consensus states that the relationship between age and subjective well-being follows a «UShape». Happiness would be high in youngsters, would decrease to a minimum about midlife, and would ascend to reach again a high point in old age. Then, according to this thesis, old would be as happy as young people. However, we show that these research results come from the own methodological constraints of regression analysis. Additionally, these analyses try to find the generic and universal relationship between age, considered as an abstract variable, and happiness. But, not surprisingly, an age variable devoid of any social content and context has a meagre influence on people happiness. These inquiries lack any sociological interest because hide more than reveal the actual relationship between "social age" and happiness. The article deploys a critique of the irreflexive and conventional way in which regression analysis is used by social scientists. The segmentation of age in five stages (childhood, youthfulness, adulthood, maturity and old age), and descriptive multivariate analysis are proposed as the best methodology to study happiness throughout the lifetime. Finally, it is proved that the age-happiness relationship follows the pattern of a "wave" or "S lying down-shape". Therefore, the happiness of the old is much lower than that of young people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is caused by an obstruction in the upper airway during sleep. Obesity and advanced age are main risk factors for OSAHS. The classic symptoms of OSAHS include snoring, apneas and choking during sleep. On the other hand, some scientific literature describes that the consumption of benzodiazepines may worsen the snoring and the severity and duration of OSAHS. Case report: A 74-year-old female reported on her appointment to have mood alterations. When asked about other sleep disorders, she said that she snored loudly, with pauses on her breathing. Therefore, a split night polysomnography was performed which revealed a diagnosis of severe OSAHS. Discussion: Old people are frequent consumers of benzodiazepines. The woman of this study had been taking 1.5 mg of clonazepam per day for the last eight years. This may have worsened the OSAHS. Conclusion: The patient presented risk factors that could lead to OSAHS. It is important to study the relationship between benzodiazepines and the severity of OSAHS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The media literacy in the Spanish old people is an issue rarely discussed in the academic studies, but of increasing interest. This work provides a review of recent studies on the old people and their relationship with the media. Furthermore, we define the concept of media and the objectives of this research: to describe competency levels of old people in a representative sample and to determine how sociodemographic variables are linked with levels of media literacy in this group of population. We conclude that participants are distributed equally among the three levels of media literacy. Some variables that are related to higher levels of competition are the highest level of education (master, PhD), marital status, incomes, gender and level of audiovisual training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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As a result of the increasing human longevity, demographic aging is a global reality, particularly in industrialized countries. Associated with that demographic aging and, due to a higher prevalence of chronic diseases and as such most disabling, the number of dependencies and disabilities are also increasing, which necessarily implies the presence of a third person in the care of dependent old people, and this function is usually assumed by the family, within which an element assumes the role of an informal caregiver. With the aim of obtaining knowledges on the informal caregiving in the district of Bragança, it was drawn a descriptive and analytical study with a sample of 232 caregivers. It was concluded that there is a higher prevalence of persons of the female gender, married, and daughters of the cared person and with a basic education level of education. The average age is 57.96 years, with a largest representation of people over 70 years of age. There was, however, a proportion of 11.6% of male caregivers, which highest proportion belongs to the group 65 and more years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To describe the functional state, socio-economic status, and environmental situation of a very poor elderly (older than 65 years old) population in Argentina, and its relationship with their autonomy. Methods: This was a descriptive and prospective study , the applied instrument was the Spanish Red Cross Scales. The above mentioned evaluation was completed by applying a second instrument for social evaluation described by Marin et al in Chile in 1994. Besides, other general information was collected from the studied population such as: environmental, family, and social conditions. A group of inhabitants of a shanty town was evaluated. Statistical analysis was based on Chi- square test, while Student t test or non parametrics one were applied on the data depending on their distribution. Results: A sample of 219 people, with a mean value age of 69 ± 6 years old, was functionally evaluated using the Spanish Red Cross Scale, being the obtained data classified by age (less or older than 75 years old), education, income, and gender. There was no statistical difference between both age groups in any scale value (p=NS, ANOVA-Bonferroni). Conclusion: No significant difference was found in the functional state, capability for performing daily life activities, cognitive state among the studied people depending on their age, gender, educational level and economic income. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aging process is a physiological event based on multiple external and internal factors. Changes in each one of these factors can make of it a pathological and accelerated process. The skin, as an organ, has its own changes that will have a characteristic clinical presentation, caused by the functional and structural changes. Knowing aging skin characteristics will allow us to understand the changes which will be seen and, thus, to anticipate the clinical events of cutaneous aging, and to design preventive strategies, that would allow us to age being healthy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The superficial mycoses frequency was evaluated in a population of 71 old people between 62 and 98 years old, males and females, residents of a geriatrical unit, during the October 2005-February 2006 period, of which 49 presented a suggestive diagnosis. A direct exam with KOH at 10% was done to the obtained samples, which were cultivated in fungobiotic agar and incubated during 15 days at room temperature. The colonies of filamentous bacteria were identified by macro and microscopic characteristics, while leavenings of Candida genus by the API 20 C AUX® identification system. The obtained results were analyzed trough method of percentage analysis (%) and test of Chi-square (χ²). 40 (81.63%) cases resulted positive, of which 82.50% were cutaneous candidosis, being ungual candidosis the most frequent, followed by la tinea unguium (12.50%) and onychomycosis due to non-dermatophytic fungi (5.00%). No case of pityriasis versicolor was detected. C. albicans was the fungus most frequently isolated (64.81%), generally in nails of feet, followed by C. parapsilosis (12.96%) and Trichophyton mentagrophytes (5.56%). A high incidence of cutaneous candidosis was observed at old people, which was favoured by the physical conditions common in them, concomitant disease, deficiency in cellular immunity and certain predisponent factors, such as life style, the use of closed shoes, warm weather and the humidity in the region where they live. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]