[Quality of life in the elderly: Study in a public recreation center for aged persons]. / Qualidade de vida na velhice: estudo em uma instituição pública de recreação para idosos.

The purpose of this study was to analyze quality of life of the users of a recreation institution for old age people. The results led to the conclusion that the majority of the intervieweds held a good quality of life, according to the subjective and objective indicators analyzed in this study.

[Therapeutic communication in the professional and social practice of nursing]. / Comunicação terapêutica na prática profissional e social do enfermeiro.

The objective of this study was to identify the nurse's knowledge of the strategies of therapeutic and non-therapeutic communication and to evaluate their application on the professional and social practice. The strategies considered in this study were the ones proposed by Stefanelli (1985). The results have shown that nurses do not know the strategies although 42.1% said that at some time point during their academic life they were exposed to their content.