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Dinâmica da família no contexto dos cuidados a adultos na quarta idade

This study aimed to determine the pattern of family functioning on everyday care relationships of adults in the fourth age. This is a study of diagnostic-evaluative nature of adults with 80 or more years old who depend on care, and of their relatives as caregivers. The participants were selected amo...

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Autor principal: POLARO, Sandra Helena Isse
Outros Autores: GONÇALVES, Lúcia Hisako Takase, NASSAR, Silvia Modesto, LOPES, Márcia Maria Bragança, FERREIRA, Viviane Ferraz, MONTEIRO, Hellen Karinna
Grau: Artigo
Idioma: por
Publicado em: 2016
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Acesso em linha: http://repositorio.ufpa.br/jspui/handle/2011/7160
Resumo:
This study aimed to determine the pattern of family functioning on everyday care relationships of adults in the fourth age. This is a study of diagnostic-evaluative nature of adults with 80 or more years old who depend on care, and of their relatives as caregivers. The participants were selected among the registered patients of a Family Health Unit in a district in the suburbs of Belém-PA, Brazil. They were evaluated according to the dynamics of their family, and quality of life related health lifestyle. Most of the elderly rated their families with good functionality. However, data on the elderly and caregivers' quality of life and caregivers' life style only reached the median level, showing some difficulty in the family functioning system. It was concluded that the multiple results obtained through the assessments indicate some practical implications of care to the family unity and confirm the need for multidimensional assessment about the family intervention.