Extramural gerontology management devising an integrating record for a geriatric care service, an experience report.

Unlabelled: The Gerontological Care Plan is idealized through case management that includes in its aspect engaging the elderly, self-care and the acquisition and maintenance of health-promoting behaviors.

Objective: To evaluate the importance of a gerontological care plan, in a geriatric service of a referral hospital in the city of São Paulo.

Methods: Fifteen older adult patients were interviewed and the Gerontological Care Plan (PAGe) was applied.

Depressive symptoms and chronotypes of elderly nursing home residentes: A case management study.

Unlabelled: Institutionalization potentiates the tendency for specific sleep disturbances which occur with aging, besides negative health consequences such as increased rate of depressive symptoms.

Objective: To compare sleep profile and depressive symptoms in elderly nursing home residents, highlighting gender differences.

Methods: A quantitative descriptive study of 29 elderly from two different nursing homes was conducted.

Effects of cognitive training based on metamemory and mental images.

Unlabelled: There is scant research evidence regarding training effects among elderly with limited educational experience. Research indicating an association between metamemory and memory performance is based on samples of older adults with at least 12 years of education.

Objectives: To test the efficacy of a cognitive training program based on the creation of mental images and changes in specific aspects of metamemory in individuals with 3 to 15 years of education (M=8.