Open AccessDependência e estratégias de cuidado no Brasil
Author(s) -
Cíntia Engel
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
mediações
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2176-6665
pISSN - 1414-0543
DOI - 10.5433/2176-6665.2012v17n2p166
Subject(s) - autonomy , psychology , sociology , gerontology , political science , medicine , law
Population aging brings up concerns about public health, particularly with regard to the care of people with chronic diseases and difficulties in relation to their own autonomy. The aim of this paper is to discuss strategies for familiar and institutional care. This work was prepared from information and data produced by research The aging of women: institutional practices of violence and abandonment – EVA, held in Brasília and Goiânia in more than 25 Long Term Institutions for elderly. In concern to the discussion of this article, I also add considerations of my master's research on family support provided to people with Alzheimer's disease