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Objective: recognizing the senses attributed to solitude by the elderly. Method: an exploratory research conducted with 68 elderly with minimum age of 62 years old and maximum of 94, of both genders, residents in institutions of long permanence in the city of João Pessoa - Paraíba, brazil. The data were collected from the semi-structured interview and analyzed with the aid of alceste software: 2010. Results: the analyzed data pointed to five classes or categories in which the elderly associate loneliness to negative dimensions, such as: abandonment and contempt. Conclusion: the representations of the elderly are decurrent from their previous experiences and existing contact or not with their families.

Objective: Describe the knowledge of the elderly about vulnerabilities to HIV/Aids. Methods: An integrative review held in LILACS, SciELO and BDENF. Results: 11 publications were found showed five thematic categories about knowledge regarding: the concept of HIV/AIDS; access to information; preventive measures; the transmission of HIV; prevention behavior. Discussion: The survey revealed reduced level of knowledge of the elderly about the subject, insufficient to generate behaviors of protection against the virus. It was observed that the aspects related to HIV/AIDS in the elderly have been not so much reputed by some public health policies and by health professionals. Conclusion: These findings raise the achievement of health actions that consider the vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in the elderly population.

Objective: verifying the caregiver burden of elderly and identify health problems self-reported by caregivers of elderly. Method: this is a quantitative study, observational and cross-cutting nature, developed in the city of João Pessoa. The target population was composed of 251 caregivers of the elderly, attended in primary care. After examination of the consistency of the data collected sample consisted of 219 Data collection was conducted through interviews with caregivers in primary care services and PIER Caisi of the municipality, from April to June 2011, using the overhead of scale Burden Interview and the scale of self-reported health problems (Self reporting questionnaire). Data were transported to the SPSS program, where the statistical analysis of the data was performed. Results: it could be noted that 50,7% of the caregivers had overhead, among them, 81,8% moderate overload mild, 15,4% moderate to severe and 2,8%, intense. As for the health problems of caregivers, only one was self-reported with high frequency. Conclusion: we conclude that caregivers require implementation of care actions, in order to receive their distress and to minimize their burdens, contributing in this regard for quality of life improvements thereof.

Objective: discussing the scientific production on health about the functional capacity of the elderly through an integrative literature review of the last ten years. Method: an integrative review was used, since this method allows for searching, critical evaluation and synthesis of the available evidence from the research theme, being its final product the current state of knowledge and identifying gaps that drive development of future research. Results: starting the process of defining descriptors, it used the operator "terminology in health" where it identified terms relevant to their studies as descriptors: Functionality and Elderly; being able to selecting 13 articles that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Conclusion: through the characterization of the analyzed reports, it believes that Brazilian articles on health that punctuate Functionality in the Elderly in daily activities, demonstrate that this field is not yet saturated.

Objective: it is an integrative literature review, in order to verify the knowledge produced by researchers
about the perception of older people on Alzheimer's disease (AD). Method: the literature review was
conducted in the Virtual Health Library (BVS BRAZIL), MEDLINE and in the Capes Journal Portal databases.
Results: the final sample consisted of nine scientific articles selected by previously established inclusion
criteria. It was noticed the little amount of scientific articles published on Alzheimer's disease with
qualitative methodology using the Theory of Social Representations (SR). Conclusion: there was the need
for research to investigate the behavior of elderly patients in face of Alzheimer's disease having the theory
of SR as theoretical support so that in the near future benefits with scientific basis are accumulated, creating
opportunities for interventions such as health policies, with the main purpose to improve the quality of life
for seniors.

Objective: to know the social representations of older women on the Pap smear. Method: exploratory qualitative approach, conducted with 30 women attending the Family Health Unit Maria de Nazaré in the city of João Pessoa / PB. Data were analyzed with the help of the Alceste software. Results: analysis by Alceste pointed six classes or categories, covering both positive and negative associated with this examination, as images relating to the examination; positioning of older front of the examination; indications of the exam; exam; beliefs about the examination and justification for noncompliance. Conclusion: the social representations about Papanicolaou Test for elderly enables to offer health education actions that try to minimize socio-cultural barriers of these older, greater adherence of women to screening test considering the social context and their livings.

Objective: To describe the profile of informal careers of elderly patients in health facilities in the city of João Pessoa. Method: Study of quantitative, observational and cross through interviews the careers from April to June 2011, using a script data for socio-demographic characteristics of caregivers, information related to health/disease of the elderly and whether they have help in caring for the elderly. We considered as caregivers of elderly people living in the city of João Pessoa-PB and treated at these institutions, making a total of 251 caregivers, which after analysis of the consistency of data collected sample of 219 caregivers. Results: There was a caregiver for the elderly is mostly female, aged between 41 and 50 years, lives with spouse or partner, has twelve or more years of study, is the son of the elderly, but not live with it. They consider themselves informed about health / disease of the elderly and how to care for them, despite not having done any training or specific course. Need help and / or help others to provide nutritional care through the use of medication and takes them to the query returns. Conclusion: However, the results of this study could provide information to health services, so that strategies are formulated and implemented continuing education in health.

Objective: To analyze the risk factors for falls in older people with mental disorders. Method: A qualitative case study, the interpretation was performed by direct observation and analysis of medical records of 12 elderly institutionalized in psychiatric hospital. Results: 58% were female, 75% aged between 60 and 69 years, 100% had independent gait and everyone had a clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia. About history of falls, 57% of elderly females showed the occurrence of falls and 20% of males had the same history. The purpose of the site of the falls, 8% occurred in the courtyard; 25% in the ward, and 67% in the bathroom. Conclusion: The results reinforced the need to prevent the occurrence of falls, to ensure the institutionalized elderly person in a psychiatric hospital a process of senility decent and healthy through the planning and execution of programs to prevent the condition.