Care for older adults with disabilities in Long Term Care Facility
Isadora Queiroz Correa Garchet Furtado,
Isabela Silva Cancio Velloso,
Carolina Salles Galdino
et al.
Abstract: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 w… Show more
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