Resultados: 37

Alcoholism in rural areas: biographical situation of relatives of patients admitted to a general hospital

Abstract Objective: To understand the biographical situation of relatives of alcoholics living in rural areas admitted to a general hospital. Method: Qualitative research, with an approach based on the Phenomenological Sociology of Alfred Schutz. We performed interviews with 15 relatives of alcoholics ...

The resilience process in family caregivers of people with malignant neoplasia

ABSTRACT Objective: To unveil the resilience process in family caregivers of people with malignant neoplasia. Method: Descriptive and qualitative research performed between September and November of 2017 in a Brazilian Unit of High Complexity Care in Oncology. Individual interviews and four focus group...

Sociodemographic and health characteristics of formal and informal caregivers of elderly people with Alzheimer's Disease

Abstract Objective: to evaluate and compare the sociodemographic characteristics, depressive symptoms, anxiety and perceived stress of formal and informal caregivers of elderly people with Alzheimer's disease. Method: Quantitative, cross-sectional and comparative study with 44 caregivers that were divi...

The coexistence center for elderly people and its importance in the support to the family and the Health Care Network

ABSTRACT Objective: To know the perception of relatives of elderly people about the coexistence center and its importance in supporting the Health Care Network. Methodology: A qualitative study carried out with 14 relatives of elderly people participating in a coexistence center. Data collection took p...

Institutional caregiver experiences in child care

ABSTRACT Objective: to know the experience of institutional caregivers in child care. Method: qualitative research that used the Attachment Theory and the Symbolic Interactionism. Fifteen caregivers were interviewed, in 2015, in a child care institution based in a municipality in the south of Brazil. D...

Challenges of family caregivers of children with special needs of multiple, complex and continuing care at home

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 ...

The experience of grandmothers in the care of the adolescent who consumes psychoactive substances

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...

Creative and sensitive production of care-educational technology for families of children with gastrostomy

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 ...

Development care for children with special health needs in home care at Paraná - Brazil

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...

Desafios dos familiares/cuidadores sobre o cuidar de crianças com perda da integridade cutânea

Objective: To know the challenges of family caregivers members for the maintenance of care for children with impaired skin integrity after hospital discharge. Method: This is a qualitative study of action research, developed from March to July of 2017. Participants were ten family/caregivers of the chil...