Occupational complexity of paid work and housework, and its impact on the cognitive performance in community dwelling older adults, preliminary results.

Unlabelled: Work and activity could be an important source of cognitive enrichment. Activities that are more challenging concerning the cognitive functions that are put into practice are associated with lower risk of cognitive decline in old age.

Objective: The present study aimed to assess the impact of occupational complexity and household tasks in three cognitive domains (verbal episodic memory, language, and executive functions) in older adults residing within the community.

[Parkinson's disease: a bibliographic update of psychosocial aspects].

Introduction: Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease, after Alzheimer's. The increase in its prevalence is due to a combination of factors. In 2016, over 6.

Estimation of cognitive reserve and its impact on cognitive performance in older adults.

Objectives: Cognitive reserve provides evidence in the search for answers regarding the role that lifestyle has in the protection of cognition in old age. Through a structural equations model, different things were analyzed: the relative weight of education, occupational complexity, free time activities and the intelligence quotient in cognitive reserve; and its impact on three cognitive domains: memory, language and executive functions.

Design: A trail analysis was executed, using structural equations procedure.