ABSTRACT Objective: to understand elderly people’s experiences in emergencies through access to other levels of health care. Methods: a phenomenological study in the light of Heidegger, conducted with 19 elderly patients admitted to an Emergency Care Unit of the city of Salvador, between April and October 2019. Results: ontic primacy: Disposition of the experience of elderly people waiting for regulation; Const...
ABSTRACT Objective: to report the experience of telemonitoring Brazilian nursing homes before coronavirus and COVID-19 infections. Methods: a descriptive experience report that occurred between March 18 and April 25, 2020 through telemonitoring nursing homes in Salvador, Bahia, following a script previously prepared for first contact and follow-up. The telemonitoring was carried out by professors from the Schoo...
ABSTRACT Objective: Analyze the meaning of being an elderly person living in a long-term institution. Method: Qualitative study based on Martin Heidegger’s thought. Twelve phenomenological interviews were conducted with people aged over 60 years living in a long-term institution for the elderly in the city of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil. Results: The units of meaning identified were: experience of progressive loss o...
Trata-se de pesquisa de cunho etnográfico que teve o objetivo de discutir o cuidado dispensado ao idoso que reside em instituição de longa permanência. A metodologia consistiu na realização de entrevista com uma idosa para a reconstrução da sua história de vida, aliada à observação sistemática no local. A análise do material empírico deu-se a partir da identificação de temas relevantes para o narrador, trabalha...