Alice Moreira Derntl

A saúde de idosos que cuidam de idosos

Home care for the elderly has a great ally in the family caregiver, in general a spouse. However, these spouses frequently have health complaints themselves. To understand the meaning of health for elderly spouses who are caregivers, to know the changes in their health after taking this role and to learn how they take care of their own health, the authors developed an exploratory qualitative study in which elderly spouses caregivers were personally interviewed. The speeches were analyzed according to the Discourse Analysis on Collective Subject. The result is that they understood health as having energy, showing no symptoms, needing no doctor, depending on no one and requiring no care. They took care of their own health through diet control, respect to routines and personal habits, performance of their daily activities, physical activities and medical control. The changes noticed after becoming caregivers were tiredness, stress, preoccupation, development of symptoms and illnesses, increase of health risks and changes in routine and in self-esteem.O cuidado domiciliar aos idosos tem no cuidador familiar, geralmente o conjuge, um grande aliado. Porem, verifica-se que estes frequentemente tem queixas de saude. Conhecer o significado de saude para idosos cuidadores de seus conjuges, quais as mudancas ocorridas apos assumir este papel e como cuidam da propria saude e o objetivo desse estudo qualitativo exploratorio. Foram entrevistados idosos cuidadores de seus conjuges. Os discursos foram analisados de acordo com a tecnica do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo e apresentaram os seguintes resultados: Concepcoes de saude: estar disposto, nao ter sintomas, nao precisar de medico, nao depender de alguem ou demandar cuidado. Os cuidados com a propria saude foram: controle alimentar, res-peito as rotinas e habitos pessoais, desenvolvimento das atividades cotidianas, atividades fisicas e acompanhamento medico. Mudancas percebidas apos terem se tornado cuidadores: cansaco, stress, preocupacao, aparecimento de sintomas e doencas, aumento dos riscos a saude e mudancas no cotidiano e auto-estima.

O uso do tempo no cotidiano de mulheres idosas: um método indicador do estilo de vida de grupos populacionais

O estudo do uso do tempo considera a heterogeneidade do envelhecimento, analisando-o multifatorialmente, permitindo vislumbrar o estilo de vida de individuos idosos. Este estudo objetivou descrever o uso do tempo de 75 idosas (68,04 ± 8,36 anos), atraves das suas atividades diarias. Instrumentos utilizados: teste de cognicao (Clock Completion Test), formulario para dados pessoais e entrevista estruturada (Time Diary) para relato das atividades diarias. Para decodificacao e classificacao das atividades diarias, utilizou-se a classificacao australiana para estudos de uso do tempo, distribuindo-as em nove grupos de atividades principais. Foram verificados os contextos fisico (local) e social (parceiros sociais) das atividades. Verificou-se que grande parte do tempo destinou-se as atividades obrigatorias (atividades domesticas e de cuidados pessoais). A maior proporcao do tempo livre destinou-se ao lazer passivo (assistir televisao) com pouco envolvimento em atividades fisicas. A casa e estar com membros da familia ou sozinhas representaram o contexto fisico e social mais presentes. O estudo permitiu um vislumbre do estilo de vida do grupo. Provavelmente houve influencia de fatores individuais como idade, genero, grau de instrucao, estado civil e nivel socioeconomico sobre os padroes encontrados para o uso do tempo.

The health of the elderly that care for elders

Home care for the elderly has a great ally in the family caregiver, in general a spouse. However, these spouses frequently have health complaints themselves. To understand the meaning of health for elderly spouses who are caregivers, to know the changes in their health after taking this role and to learn how they take care of their own health, the authors developed an exploratory qualitative study in which elderly spouses caregivers were personally interviewed. The speeches were analyzed according to the Discourse Analysis on Collective Subject. The result is that they understood health as having energy, showing no symptoms, needing no doctor, depending on no one and requiring no care. They took care of their own health through diet control, respect to routines and personal habits, performance of their daily activities, physical activities and medical control. The changes noticed after becoming caregivers were tiredness, stress, preoccupation, development of symptoms and illnesses, increase of health risks and changes in routine and in self-esteem.O cuidado domiciliar aos idosos tem no cuidador familiar, geralmente o conjuge, um grande aliado. Porem, verifica-se que estes frequentemente tem queixas de saude. Conhecer o significado de saude para idosos cuidadores de seus conjuges, quais as mudancas ocorridas apos assumir este papel e como cuidam da propria saude e o objetivo desse estudo qualitativo exploratorio. Foram entrevistados idosos cuidadores de seus conjuges. Os discursos foram analisados de acordo com a tecnica do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo e apresentaram os seguintes resultados: Concepcoes de saude: estar disposto, nao ter sintomas, nao precisar de medico, nao depender de alguem ou demandar cuidado. Os cuidados com a propria saude foram: controle alimentar, res-peito as rotinas e habitos pessoais, desenvolvimento das atividades cotidianas, atividades fisicas e acompanhamento medico. Mudancas percebidas apos terem se tornado cuidadores: cansaco, stress, preocupacao, aparecimento de sintomas e doencas, aumento dos riscos a saude e mudancas no cotidiano e auto-estima.

A PRODUÇÃO CIENTÍFICA DOS ENFERMEIROS NAS REUNIÕES DA SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA PARA O PROGRESSO DA CIÊNCIA

The authors have analized the scientific production presented by nurses and other professionals associated with the teaching of Nursing, published in the ANNALS of the Yearly Meetings of the Brazilian Society for Science Development (SBPC) from 1949 to 1983. Data showed a prevalence of papers prepared by faculty members over those prepared by Nursing Service Staff, as well a tendency for a quantitative decrease in the scientific production in the last five years.

Um estudo das relações interpessoais em famílias com farmacodependentes

This study has as main objective to emphasize the implications of mood patterns in the maintenance of the drug addiction cycle, in family systems with chemical dependents, assuming that there is a correlation between drug addiction and mood disorders or perturbations. We considered important to investigate how depression and mania patterns, recursively, affect and are affected by the family system with a chemical-dependent member. We presented a case study of structural and strategic family therapy, in a family with an addicted member. We analyzed the results of the study, by focusing on both, the data that emerged from those models of therapy, and on descriptive categories related to mood patterns created by Stierlin, Weber, Schmidt and Simon (1986), who worked with families presenting mood disorders. The study helped to enlarge our views on the several factors that can influence the maintenance of drug dependence in family systems with addicted members.This study has as main objective to emphasize the implications of mood patterns in the maintenance of the drug addiction cycle, in family systems with chemical dependents, assuming that there is a correlation between drug addiction and mood disorders or perturbations. We considered important to investigate how depression and mania patterns, recursively, affect and are affected by the family system with a chemical-dependent member. We presented a case study of structural and strategic family therapy, in a family with an addicted member. We analyzed the results of the study, by focusing on both, the data that emerged from those models of therapy, and on descriptive categories related to mood patterns created by Stierlin, Weber, Schmidt and Simon (1986), who worked with families presenting mood disorders. The study helped to enlarge our views on the several factors that can influence the maintenance of drug dependence in family systems with addicted members.

Un estudio de las relaciones interpersonales en familias con farmacodependientes

This study has as main objective to emphasize the implications of mood patterns in the maintenance of the drug addiction cycle, in family systems with chemical dependents, assuming that there is a correlation between drug addiction and mood disorders or perturbations. We considered important to investigate how depression and mania patterns, recursively, affect and are affected by the family system with a chemical-dependent member. We presented a case study of structural and strategic family therapy, in a family with an addicted member. We analyzed the results of the study, by focusing on both, the data that emerged from those models of therapy, and on descriptive categories related to mood patterns created by Stierlin, Weber, Schmidt and Simon (1986), who worked with families presenting mood disorders. The study helped to enlarge our views on the several factors that can influence the maintenance of drug dependence in family systems with addicted members.This study has as main objective to emphasize the implications of mood patterns in the maintenance of the drug addiction cycle, in family systems with chemical dependents, assuming that there is a correlation between drug addiction and mood disorders or perturbations. We considered important to investigate how depression and mania patterns, recursively, affect and are affected by the family system with a chemical-dependent member. We presented a case study of structural and strategic family therapy, in a family with an addicted member. We analyzed the results of the study, by focusing on both, the data that emerged from those models of therapy, and on descriptive categories related to mood patterns created by Stierlin, Weber, Schmidt and Simon (1986), who worked with families presenting mood disorders. The study helped to enlarge our views on the several factors that can influence the maintenance of drug dependence in family systems with addicted members.

A study of inter-personal relationships in families with a drug addicted

This study has as main objective to emphasize the implications of mood patterns in the maintenance of the drug addiction cycle, in family systems with chemical dependents, assuming that there is a correlation between drug addiction and mood disorders or perturbations. We considered important to investigate how depression and mania patterns, recursively, affect and are affected by the family system with a chemical-dependent member. We presented a case study of structural and strategic family therapy, in a family with an addicted member. We analyzed the results of the study, by focusing on both, the data that emerged from those models of therapy, and on descriptive categories related to mood patterns created by Stierlin, Weber, Schmidt and Simon (1986), who worked with families presenting mood disorders. The study helped to enlarge our views on the several factors that can influence the maintenance of drug dependence in family systems with addicted members.This study has as main objective to emphasize the implications of mood patterns in the maintenance of the drug addiction cycle, in family systems with chemical dependents, assuming that there is a correlation between drug addiction and mood disorders or perturbations. We considered important to investigate how depression and mania patterns, recursively, affect and are affected by the family system with a chemical-dependent member. We presented a case study of structural and strategic family therapy, in a family with an addicted member. We analyzed the results of the study, by focusing on both, the data that emerged from those models of therapy, and on descriptive categories related to mood patterns created by Stierlin, Weber, Schmidt and Simon (1986), who worked with families presenting mood disorders. The study helped to enlarge our views on the several factors that can influence the maintenance of drug dependence in family systems with addicted members.

La salud de ancianos que cuidan de ancianos

Home care for the elderly has a great ally in the family caregiver, in general a spouse. However, these spouses frequently have health complaints themselves. To understand the meaning of health for elderly spouses who are caregivers, to know the changes in their health after taking this role and to learn how they take care of their own health, the authors developed an exploratory qualitative study in which elderly spouses caregivers were personally interviewed. The speeches were analyzed according to the Discourse Analysis on Collective Subject. The result is that they understood health as having energy, showing no symptoms, needing no doctor, depending on no one and requiring no care. They took care of their own health through diet control, respect to routines and personal habits, performance of their daily activities, physical activities and medical control. The changes noticed after becoming caregivers were tiredness, stress, preoccupation, development of symptoms and illnesses, increase of health risks and changes in routine and in self-esteem.O cuidado domiciliar aos idosos tem no cuidador familiar, geralmente o conjuge, um grande aliado. Porem, verifica-se que estes frequentemente tem queixas de saude. Conhecer o significado de saude para idosos cuidadores de seus conjuges, quais as mudancas ocorridas apos assumir este papel e como cuidam da propria saude e o objetivo desse estudo qualitativo exploratorio. Foram entrevistados idosos cuidadores de seus conjuges. Os discursos foram analisados de acordo com a tecnica do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo e apresentaram os seguintes resultados: Concepcoes de saude: estar disposto, nao ter sintomas, nao precisar de medico, nao depender de alguem ou demandar cuidado. Os cuidados com a propria saude foram: controle alimentar, res-peito as rotinas e habitos pessoais, desenvolvimento das atividades cotidianas, atividades fisicas e acompanhamento medico. Mudancas percebidas apos terem se tornado cuidadores: cansaco, stress, preocupacao, aparecimento de sintomas e doencas, aumento dos riscos a saude e mudancas no cotidiano e auto-estima.

A enfermeira atende no metrô de São Paulo: relato de uma experiência

This paper reports an experience carried out by nurses during the 44 th. WEEK ON NURSING in the Suboways of Sao Paulo Municipality in 1983. The general purpose was tonake population and authorities acquainted with the nurses potencial of work regarding the primary health care. The specific goals were the proposition and experimentation of a nursing assistance model which could show the performance of the nurses traditional functions, though with a greater degree of autonomy. The model was evaluated in terms of the average length of the activities provided, the kind and number of health problems and others found along the population, and the view point of the nurses who partook the experience as well as the opinion of the population attended.