Do the caregiving spouses of people with dementia in Spain perceive the same barriers for taking part in interventions as caregiving offspring?

The aim of this qualitative research is to examine the difficulties perceived by caregivers for taking part in an offered intervention, exploring whether there are differences depending on caregiver's degree of kinship. Forty-two family caregivers from Salamanca (Spain) were interviewed after declining an invitation to take part in an intervention programme. All the telephone conversations were transcribed verbatim.

Association between handgrip strength, walking, age-related illnesses and cognitive status in a sample of Portuguese centenarians.

Background: Centenarians are a growing population in Europe and present significant variability in motor and cognitive functions. The aim of our study was to characterize health status, as well as cognitive and motor functions in a group of Portuguese centenarians. In addition, our study also aimed at analyzing the relationship between cognitive functions and the burden of diseases affecting the elderly.

[Reminiscence with different types of autobiographical memories: Effects on the reduction of depressive symptomatology in old age].

The aim of this study was to analyse the role of the type of autobiographical memories reported by an individual reminiscence program to explain the decrease of depressive symptomatology found in elderly Portuguese people. A quasi-experimental design was used with pre- and post-test evaluations of the type of autobiographical memories. In this study, participants were 90 people over 65 years old with depressive symptoms, no antidepressive medication, and no signs of dementia.

[Effects of a reminiscence program on depressive symptomatology in an elderly population in Portugal].

Introduction: This study analyzed the effectiveness of an individual, delimited, semi-structured reminiscence program as an intervention strategy to reduce depressive symptomatology in a population of Portuguese old people.

Material And Methods: A semi-structured reminiscence program was developed in 5 individual sessions. The program's impact on depressive symptomatology was tested in 90 subjects aged over 65 years with depressive symptoms, no antidepressive medication, and no signs of dementia.