The objective of this study, carried out by the Center for the Study and Research of Aging at PUC-SP, Brazil, in partnership with Staffordshire University – England, UK, was to analyze the action of volunteers from the National Pastoral of the Elderly, in terms of practical support and loving accompaniment. during the Covid-19 pandemic. The study is cross-sectional, quantitative, with a non-probabilistic sample...
This article presents the results of a cross-sectional, quantitative study using the snowball sampling technique to analyze a sample in Brazil as part of an international research carried out in partnership with Red Interdisciplinar de Psicogerontología in seven more Latin American countries, from May to June of 2020. It presents the profile of a group of elderly people, of high social status, and their answer...
This research sought to comprehend the doubts and anxieties of a group of elders with chronic kidney disease aiming to broaden the view on how they experience their disease process and the treatment after kidney transplantation. For these elders, living with the disease still presents difficulties, including the fear of having to undergo hemodialysis again, treatment considered by them to be extremely limiting....
Objetivo: Verificar as mudanças na vida cotidiana em pessoas idosas institucionalizadas provocadas pelo impacto da doença foi o objetivo geral desta pesquisa etnográfica. Método: A pesquisa decorreu com 99 residentes de uma instituição de longa permanência para idosos, no sul do Brasil. Houve uma pesquisa documental da Instituição e a permanência do pesquisador para a familiarização deste com o ambiente e todo ...
In order to deepen some of the representations of the old in Brazilian society, we proposed this work that aims to study the Archetype of the Old from the perspective of a typical Brazilian religion: Umbanda. Two Orixás, Nanã Buruquê and Obaluaê, and the Entities called Old Blacks are the ones that best represent the Old Archetype. The very bodily manifestation of such energies in Umbanda rituals unmistakably c...
Therapeutic Accompaniment (TA) is a form of extra-clinical clinical care aimed at those who, for some reason, are excluded from the social bond, due to emotional restrictions or physical limitations. The TA is a device of clinical intervention developed in the daily life of the companion, providing reconstructions in the relationship between the subject and their social environment, considering its uniqueness. ...
This research aims to bring reflections on the topic of violence against the elderly, with an emphasis on the female gender, in the Latin American and Caribbean scenario. It is known that there are countries in the region among the most violent in the world, especially against women, hence the option of studying this region. Through narrative review, some considerations about the victim profile, the profile of ...
This research aimed to assess the work published in the journal Kairos Gerontology, from 1998 to 2014, with the theme: elderly affected by cerebrovascular accident. It was intended to be a reflection of the importance of this thematic gerontogeriatria, contributing to the social integration of older persons, from a holistic look. At the end of this survey, we can affirm the importance of respect to reality of t...
This research was objective investigate the significance of the physical and sensorial limitations of the elderly to Physical Therapy students. Qualitative research carried out with 32 students with simulation procedures of elderly people’s sensorial and physical limitations were used, in an environment with obstacles. Data were collected from non-structured interviews and analyzed by the hermeneutics-dialecti...
Este artigo é um recorte de um extenso trabalho de investigação realizado na região metropolitana de São Paulo tendo como sujeitos os representantes de Conselhos Municipais (de Saúde e do Idoso). O trabalho de campo realizado entre janeiro de 2011 e dezembro de 2012 contou com entrevistas e aplicação do método Delphi. Tomamos para considerações somente os resultados do Delphi: apresentamos e analisamos as opini...