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Assessment of Dependence in Activities of Daily Living Among Older Patients in an Acute Care Unit
Published on: September 30, 2020
Care for older adults with disabilities in Long Term Care Facility
Isadora Queiroz Correa Garchet Furtado1, Isabela Silva Cancio Velloso1, Carolina Salles Galdino1
1Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Objective:
to analyze the constitution of care offered to older adults with disabilities, from Long Term Care Facility professionals' perspective.
Methods:
this is a discourse analysis based on the post-structuralist framework. Participants in this study are professionals involved in the care for older adults, totaling 14 respondents, 13 women and one man.
Results:
from professionals' perspective, there is a fine line between caring for older adults with disabilities and maintaining their autonomy. Care in which autonomy is restricted predisposes older adults to a process of dependency.
Final Considerations:
caring for older adults with disabilities constitutes the challenge between caring and maintaining independence. Thus, older adult-centered care should be taken as a premise so that their individualities are respected.
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