ABSTRACT Objective: to assess the burden of spouse and non-spouse caregivers of older adults with stroke-induced-dependency after discharge from a university hospital's Specialized Care Stroke Unit in southern Brazil. Methods: a longitudinal survey. The sample consisted of 48 consenting caregivers, amo...
ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the development process of a massive, open, and online course for family caregivers of older people who had a medically diagnosed stroke. Method: Experience report on the development of a massive, open, and online course. The preparation of the course took place from Jul...
Abstract Objective: to evaluate the effect of nursing home care interventions on the quality of life in family caregivers of aged stroke survivors. Method: a Randomized Clinical Trial, blinded for outcome evaluation. Forty-eighty family caregivers of aged stroke survivors participated in the study. The...
Resumo Objetivo Identificar a prevalência da fragilidade em idosos e o nível de funcionalidade familiar e analisar a associação dessas variáveis com características sociodemográficas e com o acesso aos serviços de saúde de idosos vinculados à Atenção Domiciliar tipo 1 da Atenção Primária ...
Objetivo: verificar se o acompanhamento em um programa de atendimento domiciliar modificou a Qualidade
de Vida (QV) e a sobrecarga de cuidadores de idosos. Método: estudo de intervenção que comparou os escores
de QV e sobrecarga de 21 cuidadores de idosos, antes e quatro meses após a inclusão desses...
ABSTRACT Objective: to assess the effects of the Alpha-Health intervention on health literacy and health habits of elderly people linked to primary care, when compared to usual health care. Methods: a quasi-experimental investigation, with mixed methods, with 21 elderly individuals in each group. Alpha...
RESUMO Objetivo: analisar idosos que recebem Atenção Domiciliar da Atenção Primária quanto às variáveis sociodemográficas, morbidades e acesso aos serviços de saúde por sexo e faixa etária. Método: estudo transversal analítico com 124 idosos da Atenção Domiciliar Tipo 1, realizado entre ...
Objective: to analyze the association of global functionality with the main functional systems and the sociodemographic variables of older adults followed by Home Care in Primary Health Care. Method: a cross-sectional study with 124 older people developed through home interviews. Functionality was asses...
ABSTRACT Objective to construct and validate an educational manual for family caregivers of older adult dependent on care after a stroke. Method a methodological study with four stages: focus group with five family caregivers, to identify doubts and difficulties regarding home care for older adults w...
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify sociodemographic and health characteristics according to age groups and to analyze the association between self-assessed health status and satisfaction with regular/bad life with sociodemographic characteristics, global functioning and falls of older adults linked to home...
