Estratégias Comunicativas De Cuidadores De Idosos Com Demência: Uma Revisão Sistemática

Conduct a systematic review of studies that investigating communication strategies used by caregivers of patients with dementia, published between 1995 and 2015. Methods: The bibliographic search was conducted using the terms "elderspeak and dementia", "caregiver’s talk and dementia", "communication and caregiver and dementia" and "communicative and Alzheimer". To be included in the review, the study had to mention that its goal it was investigate communication strategies used by caregivers of elderly with dementia and should not be intervention study. Results: Only 22 studies met the inclusion criteria. The reviewed studies showed that caregivers of elderly with dementia use communication strategies that are ineffective (eg, elderspeak communication, "control" communication and complex) and effective (using simple sentences; give a command at a time, closed choice questions). Conclusion: It is important to assess the perceptions and evaluations of caregivers about the effectiveness of the strategy used so that communication skills are taught to family caregivers and formal caregivers. Successful communication should promote the participation of older people with dementia, contributing to maintaining the autonomy and participation of both caregivers as people affected by this situation. © 2016, Editora Cientifica Nacional Ltda. All rights reserved.65218619

The Nuclear Sigma Term in the Skyrme Model: Pion-Nucleus Interaction

The nuclear sigma term is calculated including the nuclear matrix element of the derivative of the NN interaction with respect to the quark mass, $m_q\frac{\partial V_{NN}}{\partial m_q}$. The NN potential is evaluated in the skyrmion-skyrmion picture within the quantized product ansatz. The contribution of the NN potential to the nuclear sigma term provides repulsion to the pion-nucleus interaction. The strength of the s-wave pion-nucleus optical potential is estimated including such contribution. The results are consistent with the analysis of the experimental data.Comment: 16 pages (latex), 3 figures (eps), e-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]

Circulating microRNAs in sera correlate with soluble biomarkers of immune activation but do not predict mortality in ART treated individuals with HIV-1 infection: A case control study

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