This study examined the bereavement support training needs of Portuguese professionals working in the fields of education, psychology, healthcare, and social services who, in the course of their duties, provide support to individuals, families, and communities experiencing grief. Through qualitative analysis of the abstracts submitted to SALP23 – 2023 Seminar on Bereavement Counseling in Portugal, the study aim...
The development of ehealth applications is a complex task, not only in technological terms, but also in the understanding of both the users' needs, expectations and contexts, and the business models. Therefore, initial conceptual validations might be essential to verify whether the proposed solutions are adequate, sustainable, and worth to be developed. The study reported by this paper applied the nominal group...
This study aims to explore and compare the reaction of long-term care staff towards situations of sexual intercourse in which one or both partners have dementia. Participants were 538 staff members at 28 Portuguese long-term care facilities. Data were collected using a printed questionnaire with seven vignettes with situations related to the sexuality of LTCF residents. In this study, three of these vignettes w...
Aims: Analise agreement of WHODAS 2.0-12 items, Portuguese version, applied by telephone or digital media for people aged 50 or more years old. Method: Face-to-face, telephone and digital media versions were conducted in 31 participants, with an interval of three days between applications. Internal consistency was assessed with Cronbach’s Alpha and an agreement was analyzed with Intraclass Correlation Coefficie...
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Aim: The aim of this study was to assess and compare images and stereotypes of aging in institutionalized and non-institutionalized elderly people. This is a descriptive study using a survey. Method: The instruments used were a sociodemographic questionnaire and the ImAges scale. A total of 120 elderly people, aged between 65 and 99 years, participated in this study. Results: Statistically significant differenc...
The present paper is intended to present both the process and assessment of a distance training, which was developed inside the ESTIA project. With this project it was intended to offer people suffering from cerebral palsy accessto the new information technologies and thus make them participate actively in the community. The evaluation process was intended to focus on critical analysis and process reorientation...