Resultados: 13

Needs of family caregivers in home care for older adults

ABSTRACT Objective: to reveal the felt and normative needs of primary family caregivers when providing instrumental support to older adults enrolled in a Home Care Program in a Primary Health Service in the South of Brazil. Methods: using Bradshaw's taxonomy of needs to explore the caregiver's felt nee...

Association between the functional capacity of dependant elderly people and the burden of family caregivers

Rev. gaúch. enferm; 36 (1), 2015
The aim of this study was to characterize dependent elderly people and their main family caregivers and the association between functional capacity of the elderly and the burden of caregivers. This cross-sectional study was conducted with 112 elderly people and caregivers connected to a primary care serv...

Health literacy of older people in primary care

Acta paul. enferm; 25 (spe1), 2012
OBJECTIVE: To analyze how elderly people linked to health education groups of a primary care unit seek, understand and share information, aiming to maintain and promote health throughout life. METHODS: Qualitative descriptive study, conducted with 30 elderlies linked to three groups of health education d...