Representações sociais de trabalhadores da atenção básica de saúde sobre envelhecimento

Abstract

The objective of this study was to get to know the social representations on aging developed by primary care health workers. This is an exploratory study involving 204 primary health care workers, in the city of João Pessoa, in the state of Paraíba. For data collection we used a semi-structured interview. The data obtained from 204 interviews was analyzed with the help of the Alceste software version 2010. The results indicated five classes or categories: vision of aging,psychosocial dimensions, a time of doubts, aging as a process, and aging versus disease, with positive content: joy, care, children, retirement, caregiver rights, maturity and wisdom, as well as negative factors: impairments, decadence, neglect, fragility, limitation, wrinkles, dependency and disease. It was observed that these meanings associated with aging express the need for total and humanized elderly care.

Accommodation To Elderly People In The Health Family Unities: Professionals View

“…The results point to, in relation to sociodemographic data, the prevalence of women, similar to the data found by another study performed in northeastern Brazil, in which women prevailed [7]. As for the individuals' profession, nursing professionals prevailed.…”

Theory Of Social Representations And The Aging: A Bibliometric Profile

“…The found studies about the health and family professionals and caregivers emphasize the knowledge of these groups about the aging process; they evidence the positive and negative aspects, as well as highlighted by other authors [29], and the importance of the health professionals in identifying the weaknesses and vulnerabilities experienced by the elderlies.…”

Conception of old age: a study with health professionals from a university hospital / Concepção de velhice: um estudo com profissionais de saúde de um Hospital Universitário

“…The majority presence of female subjects is equivalent to the profile found in a study carried out on stereotypes of the elderly in professionals working with the elderly. 8 The conception of old age presented by professionals is in line with the guidelines set forth in the National Policy of the Elderly Health, in which "[...] one does not get old at 60 years old. Aging is a natural process that occurs throughout the life experience of the human being, through choices and circumstances. "…”

“…20 In this sense, it is worth considering that the health professional training deserves to be highlighted, and also events that address the issue of aging, in order to add greater knowledge and awareness of professionals to the aforesaid issue. 8 The condition of the old person is not simply dependent on biological data, but is marked by the intervention of cultural and socioeconomic factors, "[...] the old person is not the one who can no longer struggle, but who that cannot work anymore... " 14 The speech of Violin 92 indicates as old the person that cannot perform his social role satisfactorily in society, considering, therefore, that the social dimension of old age leads to "[...] obtaining of habits and social status by the individual to fulfill many social roles or expectations in relation to the people of his age, in his culture and in his social group. " 5…”