Executive functions, mental health, and quality of life in healthy older adults.

Unlabelled: Population aging brings about numerous challenges, particularly concerning cognitive health. In this context, socioeconomic factors such as education have received special attention due to their role in brain health.

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the performance of executive functions, mental health variables, and quality of life among healthy older adults in relation to their level of education.

Challenges to the operation of Brazilian LTCIs and changes in oversight.

Background: Despite 18 years since health surveillance regulations were promulgated in Brazil to govern Long-Term Care Institutions for Older Adults (LTCIs), many institutions fail to comply with the Differentiated Regime for Public Procurement (Resolution No. 502/2021) due to structural and operational conditions. This study aimed to investigate Brazilian LTCI managers' understanding of challenges that significantly impact institutional operation and gather suggestions for enhancing RDC No.

The presence of depressive symptoms and cognitive performance among older individuals with and without self-reported chronic diseases.

Unlabelled: Dementias secondary to cardiovascular diseases are the second cause of neurogenerative diseases. These conditions can be prevented by controlling risk factors, and it is necessary to observe the relationship between chronic diseases.

Objective: to know the influence of chronic non-communicable diseases on cognition and depressive symptoms in the elderly, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Identification of Seniors at Risk: transcultural adaptation for Brazilian Portuguese.

Objective: To perform cross-cultural adaptation of the Identification of Seniors at Risk tool.

Methods: This methodological study was based on the guidelines process proposed by Beaton, attending the stages of translation, back-translation, judgment by judges and content validation of the Identification of Seniors at Risk tool. The goal of this tool is to allow the identification of the elderly at risk for hospitalization, composed of six dichotomous questions (yes or no) related to functional decline, comorbidities, previous hospitalization (last 6 months), visual impairment, significant changes in memory and polypharmacy.

Care complexity in hospitalized elderly according to cognitive performance.

Objective: to investigate possible differences in care complexity, functional performance and biopsychosocial and health system aspects among hospitalized elderly with or without cognitive decline.

Method: quantitative, cross-sectional and analytical study in which was used the INTERMED method and cognitive and functional screening scales. We investigated 384 elderly patients admitted to a medical and surgical clinic of a University Hospital located in São Paulo/SP.

Normative data for the Brief Cognitive Screening Battery stratified by age and education.

Introduction: Diagnosing neurocognitive disorders is challenging in low-educated individuals.

Objective: To report normative data for the Brief Cognitive Screening Battery (BCSB) and to assess the association of age and education with performance on the BCSB in 240 community-dwelling elderly from Ermelino Matarazzo, São Paulo city.

Methods: The inclusion criteria were scoring above the education-adjusted cut-off points on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and below six points on the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS).

[Economic impact of Alzheimer's Disease in Brazil: is it possible to improve care and minimize costs?].

The scope of this study is to discuss data relating to the costs involved with Alzheimer's Disease and the initiatives in terms of care in order to reduce costs and help family members and caregivers to cope with the disease. The biggest cost for people with mild Alzheimer's Disease is the cost of time spent by the unremunerated caregiver, and for those at the advanced stages of the disease it is the cost of institutional care. In this respect, the literature proposes the adoption of models of care that maximize the functional independence of the elderly and maintain their skills, such as Day Care Centers for the Elderly and rehabilitation programs and support offered to the elderly and their family members.

Correlates of above-average cognitive performance among older adults: the SABE study.

This study aimed to identify factors associated with optimal global cognitive performance among older adults in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. A cross-sectional study was carried out with a sample of community-dwelling older adults who participated in the SABE Study (Health, Well-Being and Ageing) in 2006. The dependent variable was cognitive performance, categorized as "normal" or "optimal".

Semantic memory for actions as assessed by the Kissing and Dancing Test: Education and age effects in cognitively healthy individuals.

Unlabelled: Action semantics is a relevant part of cognitive-linguistic assessment and the "Kissing and Dancing Test" (KDT) has been used extensively for this purpose, evidencing clinical distinctions among brain-damaged patients. To enhance its use, reference values are necessary, especially for populations with heterogeneous educational levels and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Objective: To analyze the effects of schooling and age on the KDT in cognitively unimpaired individuals.

Action/Verb processing: Debates in neuroimaging and the contribution of studies in patients with Parkinson's disease.

The objective of the current review was to verify whether studies investigating lexical-semantic difficulties in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) support the Embodied Cognition model. Under this framework, it is predicted that patients with PD will have more difficulties in the semantic processing of action concepts (action verbs) than of motionless objects. We also verified how and whether these studies are following current debates of Neuroscience, particularly the debate between the Lexical and the Embodied Cognition models.

Is there a connection between long airplane flight, venous thromboembolism, and sleep-disordered breathing?

Commercial passenger flights have been increasing around the world. The effect of these flights on health is unclear. Venous thromboembolism has been noted after recent long-distance airplane flight, even in the absence of other risk factors.