Objective: To analyze the socio-demographic profile and caregiving situation of dependent older adults and their family caregivers in Brazil and Colombia. Method: This mixed comparative and exploratory study follows the comparative study stages proposed by Bereday, namely: Description, interpretation, ju...
ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the phenomenon concerning the change in life and routine of elderly family caregivers who care for dependent elderly family members in Brazil. Method: qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study, developed with 33 elderly family caregivers, from June to September 20...
ABSTRACT Aims To understand how the fear of falls emerges and manifests itself in caregivers of institutionalized elders. Method It is a qualitative study, based on the Grounded Theory and carried out with 24 informal caregivers, 5 nurses, 2 physicians and 2 directors of two Portuguese nursing homes. D...
ABSTRACT Objective To understand the existential transformations of the family caregiver of a person living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Method Qualitative study based on assumptions of Martin Heidegger Existential Phenomenology, with 12 family caregivers of the person with Amyotrophic Lateral S...
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the association between the characteristics of the support network and cognitive performance of older caregivers and compare characteristics between caregivers and non-caregivers. Methods: we evaluated 85 older caregivers and 84 older non-caregivers registered with prima...
OBJETIVO: Analisar o efeito do telecuidado na redução na sobrecarga no cuidador e na manutenção da capacidade funcional e comportamental do idoso no pós-alta hospitalar. MÉTODO: Pesquisa quantitativa, quase-experimental, com delineamento anterior-posterior, envolvendo como intervenção o Telecuida...
OBJETIVO: apresentar os resultados de atividades conduzidas por enfermeiros para aprimorar o suporte aos cuidadores familiares de idosos. MÉTODO: Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo baseado na metodologia participativa. Foram realizados encontros com doze cuidadores familiares e reuniões de equipe com 8 ...
OBJETIVO: Analisar a relação entre sobrecarga e qualidade de vida de cuidadores informais de idosos atendidos em um ambulatório de média complexidade. MÉTODO: Estudo descritivo, transversal, correlacional, realizado com 20 cuidadores de idosos cadastrados em uma Unidade de Saúde de média complexid...
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the frequency of the "caregiver role strain" nursing diagnosis in informal caregivers for the elderly, the defining characteristics and the related factors. Method: a cross-sectional, descriptive study carried out with 99 informal caregivers for elderly residents living ...
ABSTRACT Objective: To know the health-related consequences of caring for dependent relatives in older adult caregivers. Method: Qualitative research carried out with older adult women who cared for family members enrolled in a federal public home care program. The identification of the older adult ca...
