The present study is in an intervention plan aimed at improving the care provided to the elderly in the home context. Underscores the aging process as well as the difficulties livings by informal caregivers and the need ...

Esse trabalho é recorte de ampla pesquisa sobre violência doméstica contra idosos na cidade do Salvador - Bahia, teve como objetivo apresentar e analisar a prática de violência familiar contra dois idosos, assistidos pelo ...

Home care presents itself as a new modality of care for the elderly, especially in Brazil , and has been inserted into public policies. This study aims to identify scientific productions about home care, in order to ascertain ...

OBJECTIVE: To assess the agreement between measures of caregiver's perception and health provider's direct observation of performance in daily living activities among home care elderly patients. METHODS: Performance ...

Population aging, that is, the increase in the relative weight of older people in the total population, was one of the major demographic events of the twentieth century and will certainly be maintained in the 21st century. ...