Aim: to understand the stories of care and the implications of using foot reflexology in the elderly. Method: action research, in which foot reflexology sessions were conducted in elderly residents of a long-stay institution located within Paraiba. The production and analysis of the narratives were made from March to June 2012, through thematic oral story, which originated three themes: The pains of body and so...
O alcoolismo no contexto familiar gera danos significativos à mulher idosa que se torna a vítima mais expressiva desta problemática. Estudo documental realizado na Secretaria de Saúde de João Pessoa, em julho/2008, teve como objetivo identificar as estratégias utilizadas por mulheres idosas no enfrentamento ao alcoolismo na família e os depoimentos espontâneos expressados no momento final das rodas de terapia c...
Alcoholism in the family context poses significant risks to older women who become the most common victims of this problem. This is a documentary study aiming to identify the confronting strategies of alcoholism used by older women, in the family and spontaneous comments expressed at the last moment in the Community Therapy circles held at the Health Department in João Pessoa - PB, in July 2008. For this resear...