Sousa, JoanaSilva, RosaFerreira, Bruno2016-04-182016-04-182013SOUSA, Joana; SILVA, Rosa Carla Gomes da; FERREIRA, Bruno - The institutionalized elder – cognitive and daily life activities profile. In 9th Congress of the EUGMS, Venice, 2-4 October 2013. – In European Geriatric Medicine. ISSN 1878-7649. (2013) 4 (Suppl. 1), S79-S80http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/19711Introduction.– Population aging, associated with chronic degenerative diseases have revealed to be a public health problem. These changes, more specifically cognitive deficit, are a prevalent problem in the elder that tend to aggravate with institutionalization. Associated with higher life expectancy, the institutionalization tends to be for long term. In this context, a study was performed to explore the cognitive capacity of the elder, and association with ability to perform daily living activities (DLA).engconference object10.1016/j.eurger.2013.07.262