The purpose of this final year course work is to give support to the development of an architectural project for a Daycare Centre for the Third Age through the analyses of the ageing process in its various contexts. The ...

The increase in the life expectancy of the population and their aging are realities, and demand adequate infrastructure so that the third age has quality of life in the dwelling. The current reality offers the elderly, who ...

Growth and sexual maturation are complex processes that can serve as indicators of the health of children and adolescents. In this sense, chronological age is not recognized as an indicator appropriate time, it is not ...

Background: Anemia is a disease of great importance in Ecuador; its prevalence has been studied mainly from the DANS (1986) Survey which revealed more problems in children 6 months to 1 year (66.1%) and in children aged ...

OBJECTIVE: To verify the symptoms of hyposalivation in the elderly and to analyze its relationship with oral health, chewing and swallowing. METHODOLOGY: Sectional study, consisting of 196 elderly (≥60 years). For collection, ...

Objective: To verify the association between functional mobility and sociodemographic, clinical-functional and psycho-cognitive characteristics of elderly people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). Methods: Cross-sectional, ...

This work aims to "focus the importance of literacy in the right age of the students of the first three years of elementary school, ie until the eight years of literature age. Accomplished, descriptive and theoretically ...

Hip fracture is one of the most significant causes of mortality and loss of functionality in the geriatric population. Just as other diseases that are more frequently found in this age group, hip fractures have its importance ...