Objective: The study’s purpose has been to gain further understanding with regards to family relationships involving the care provided to family members with chronic illness. Methods: It is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach that was carried out in Chapecó city over the year of 2016, and ...                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            
                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                RESUMEN Objetivo: Analizar las características sododemográficas del cuidador-persona con enfermedad crónica no transmisible y la asociación entre habilidad de cuidado, sobrecarga percibida por el cuidador y características sociodemográficas del cuidador-persona con enfermedad crónica no transmisib...                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            
                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                RESUMO Objetivo: Identificar os fatores associados à qualidade de vida de cuidadores familiares de idosos residentes em domicílio. Material e método: Estudo transversal e censitário realizado com 71 cuidadores de idosos, residentes em um município do interior do Estado da Bahia, Brasil. Os dados for...                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            
                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                ABSTRACT  Objective: To describe the challenges of family caregivers of children with special needs of multiple, complex and continuing care at home.  Methods: Qualitative study based on the theoretical framework of the Patient and Family-Centerd Care (PFCC). We interviewed eleven family caregivers from ...                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            
                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                ABSTRACT  Objective: to know the care provided by family caregivers of children submitted to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.  Method: the Grounded Theory was used as methodology. The study comprised four sample groups, comprising 36 caregivers. Data were collected by semi-structured interviews a...                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            
                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                Abstract  Objective: To apprehend the experience of grandmothers who take care of their grandchildren who consume psychoactive substances.  Methods: A descriptive study with a qualitative approach conducted with five grandmothers of two health services in a city in the interior of São Paulo. Data have c...                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            
                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                Abstract  Objective: To describe the production process of a care-educational technology for families of children with gastrostomy based on the models of Hildegard Peplau and Paulo Freire.  Method: Descriptive and qualitative research, carried out from October 2016 to February 2017 in three health units ...                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            
                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                Resumo  Objetivo: analisar as ações desenvolvidas por cuidadores de idosos direcionadas a residentes de Instituições de Longa Permanência para Idosos no Brasil (ILPI).  Método: estudo de natureza qualitativa com análise de dados quantitativa, sendo classificado como observacional e analítico, des...                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            
                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                OBJETIVO:  Descrever  as  práticas  relativas  à  higiene  corporal  da criança  com  encefalopatia  no  domicílio.  MÉTODO:  Estudo  qualitativo  desenvolvido  pelo método criativo e sensível, com dados gerados de fevereiro a abril de 2014, através da dinâmica  Corpo  Saber,  com  cinco  grupos...                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            
                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                Abstract  Objective: To describe the development of care for children with special health needs in Paraná services of homecare.  Method: Quantitative, descriptive, exploratory, and multiple case study was applied. Data were collected by telephone and e-mail, with professionals from the eight services of...