Senescência e senilidade: novo paradigma na atenção básica de saúde

Abstract

A senescência e a senilidade são temas cada vez mais explorados, considerando o crescente aumento da população idosa no mundo, principalmente no Brasil. A assistência ao idoso deve prezar pela manutenção da qualidade de vida, considerando o processo de perdas próprias do envelhecimento e as possibilidades de prevenção, manutenção e reabilitação do seu estado de saúde. Conhecer o cotidiano dos idosos tem sido um desafio para os profissionais de saúde para implementar programas e ações que visem alcançar a manutenção do equilíbrio no processo saúde-doença, e é nessa busca que temos envidado esforços para contribuir, de forma efetiva, nas estratégias de fortalecimento dos idosos e seus familiares, de forma a tornar possível o desencadeamento de ações na promoção da saúde, principalmente considerando que o desafio para este milênio é construir uma consciência coletiva para alcançar uma sociedade para todas as idades, com justiça e garantia plena de direitos. AbstrActSenescence and senility are themes of growing interest, considering the inxrease of the elderly population in the wrold, particularly in Brazil. Health care for the edlery should value to maintain quality of life, considering the loss process particular of aging and the possiblities to prevent, maintenain and rehabilitate their health condition. Knowing the everyday lives of the elderly has been a challenge for health care professsionals regardint the implementation of programs and actions that aim to maintain the balance of the health-disease process, and it is in this search that we have made efforts to constibute, effectively, with the strategies to strengthen the edlerly and their relatives so it becomes possible to trigger health promotion actions, especially considering that the challenge for the millenium is to build collective awareness to achieve a society for all ages, with justice and the guarantee of full rights. resumenLa senectud y senilidad constituyen temas ampliamente investigados, considerando el aumento de la población anciana en el mundo, principalmente en Brasil. La atención al anciano debe velar por el mantenimiento de su calidad de vida, estimando el proceso de pérdidas propias del envejecimiento y las posibilidades de prevención, mantenimiento y rehabilitación de su salud. Conocer la rutina del anciano se ha tornado un desafío para los profesionales de salud en lo que atañe a implementar programas y acciones que apunten a alcanzar el equilibrio del proceso salud-enfermedad, y en tal búsqueda hemos efectuado esfuerzos para contribuir efectivamente en las estrategias de mejoramiento integral del anciano y sus familiares, a fin de hacer posible el desencadenamiento de acciones promotoras de salud, considerando principalmente que el desafío para este milenio es construir una conciencia colectiva que alcance a una sociedad para todas las edades, con justicia y plena garantía de derechos.

Taste sensitivity of adults and elderly persons

“…At the end of the third decade functional and structural changes occur and after 40 years of age there is a loss of about 1% of function per year in different bodily systems. 5 From the age of 40 onwards functional decline ranges from 10 to 30% in relation to young adulthood. 6 The physiology of the elderly changes on structural, functional and molecular levels, in addition to the physiological alterations that the organs suffer over the years.…”

Portal dos idosos: desenvolvimento e avaliação de um website com informações sobre o processo de envelhecimento e as principais alterações fonoaudiológicas que acometem os idosos

“…This process begins at birth and persists throughout life, with each individual aging in a unique way, due to intrinsic and environmental conditions. Thus, aging is a variable process followed by changes in the composition, structure and physiology of the human body (1) .…”

“…Senescence is the natural process of aging and senility is the pathological state of this process. Both cases require interventions from health professionals focusing specifically on this segment of the population (1) . In this cases, speech-language therapists must make use of their knowledge of communication, mainly in terms of voice, hearing, dysphagia, orofacial motricity and language.…”

Influence of resistance training in quality of life, body composition, and physical performance of community-dwelling elderly women

“…Attention should be drawn to Brazil, which like the rest of world's-growing economics countries will follow this trend and will have its costs increased significantly (4) . The biological aging (called senescence), implies in several dysfunctions that goes since psychophysiological and sociocultural impairments (5) , until loss of functional capacity and independent daily living activities (6) . The loss of functional capacity has a direct impact on quality of life (QoL) (6) , however, this mechanism may occur by several factors such as impairment in locomotor (7) , and psychological domains (8) .…”