Experiencias españolas en la promoción de la autonomía personal en las personas mayores

Molina, Emilio Herrera; Mayorga, Ingrid Muñoz; Galán, Verónica Martin; Gala, Manolo Cid

doi:10.1016/j.gaceta.2011.09.016

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“…, Spanish Statistical Office [Instituto Nacional de Estadística] ), but in general, the results typically show a higher prevalence among women than among men (Herrera Molina et al . ). Lastly, telecare has also demonstrated its utility in the provision of rheumatology services with an impact in the care costs (Jang & Kraishi ), being the main contribution the improved access to doctors for patients and their referring physicians living in remote areas (Davis ).…”

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Morbidity and medication consumption among users of home telecare services

Millán-Calentí

Martínez‐Isasi

Lorenzo-López

et al. 2016

Health Soc Care Community

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Telecare is a healthcare resource based on new technologies that, through the services offered, attempt to help elderly people to continue living in their homes. In this sense, first-generation telecare services have quickly developed in Europe. The aim of this work was to define the profile, pattern of medication consumption and disease frequencies of elderly users of a telecare service. The cross-sectional study involved 742 Spanish community-dwelling elders (85.3% of the total users aged 65 years and over who used a telecare service before the end of the data collection period). Data were collected between March and September 2012. Subjects' mean age was 83.3 (SD 6.6) years, and the majority lived alone (78.3%) and were female (85.8%). The mean Charlson comorbidity index score was 1.13 (SD 1.1), and the mean number of prescribed medications per day was 5.6 (SD 3.0). The most frequent diseases were hypertension (51.1%) and rheumatic disorders (44%); and the most consumed medications were those for the cardiovascular (75%) and nervous (65.2%) systems. For the total sample, the three main determinants of polymedication (five or more medications) were hypertension, anxiety-depressive symptoms and coronary heart disease. Regardless of the social elements contributing to the implementation of telecare services, specific health characteristics of potential users, such as morbidity and polypharmacy, should be carefully considered when implementing telecare services in the coming years.

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Morbidity and medication consumption among users of home telecare services

Millán-Calentí

Martínez‐Isasi

Lorenzo-López

et al. 2016

Health Soc Care Community

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“…This reflects the autonomy achieved through social participation, as the group activity provided adequate space for the development of citizenship. In this sense, the priority is the development of programs to promote personal autonomy among the elderly, aimed at physical, mental, emotional and social well-being (29) .…”

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Empowering a group of seniors in a rural community

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Dias

et al. 2015

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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OBJECTIVE To describe the stages of the empowerment process of a group of seniors in a rural community. METHOD Convergent care research whose foundation is to use the scope of practice. Conducted with the proposal to change the practice of 21 seniors and nine health professionals, with the aim of health promotion empowerment. Data were collected during 22 meetings, and group interviews at the end of the intervention. RESULTS Showed that despite the initial impact of the change, the group was able to welcome the new change, taking advantage of the space to express anxieties, share joys, and build new knowledge, which led to the incorporation of changes that reflected in the development of healthy habits and improvements in interpersonal relationships. CONCLUSION The convergent care research consisted of strategy that changed the group's lives, empowering them with health promoting actions.

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