Family (re)organization of elderly with Alzheimer: the professors perception based on its complexity

Avaliação do ecossistema domiciliar de idosos com Alzheimer a partir do Indicador Holístico de Saúde do Ecossistema

“…É necessário que haja a força da comunidade para o convívio no contexto da DA. A comunidade pode ser pensada, como os familiares das pessoas idosas e as suas redes de relações e interações que necessitam se adaptar ou se (re)organizar para envolver-se no cuidado à pessoa idosa com a DA (Ilha et al, 2015). Nessa perspectiva, observa-se que, o "todo" extrapola o Ecossistema domiciliar em que estão inseridos a pessoa idosa com a DA, seus familiares e cuidadores, uma vez que cada um deles estabelece redes de relações e interações sistêmicas, que necessitam ser consideradas pelo profissional enfermeiro, uma vez que exercem influência na saúde do Ecossistema objeto dessa reflexão.…”

Educational and care-related (geronto) technology in Alzheimer's disease and in supporting the elderly/family: perspective of teachers and students

“…1 The AD begins slowly, quietly and has a variable clinical picture from person to person, which leads to mild forgetfulness to a bedside restriction. In this context, constant supervision and care are necessary, 2 usually performed by a family member at home, 3 which indicates the need for investment in the care of family members/caregivers. Realizing the reality experienced by these families and the importance of an integrated performance in the context of Gerontology, some professionals and health/education institutions have invested efforts in the care and guidance to them, with the creation of support groups to families/caregivers of the elderly with the AD.…”

“…4 In this perspective, is presented the Group Integrated Multidisciplinary Assistance to Caregivers of People with Alzheimer's Disease ("AMICA"), developed since 2007 by a group of teachers and students of Nursing, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Nutrition, Dentistry, Psychology and Occupational Therapy of a Higher Education Institution (HEI) in Rio Grande do Sul. 3 AMICA aims to providing assistance to caregivers, discussing daily issues related to AD, assisting them in understanding this disease, as well as on improving the quality of life (QOL) of the elderly person and the family/caregivers. 4,5 The process described is possible through the interaction and interrelation that enables reciprocity between caregivers, teachers and students, as well as exchange of ideas and interactivity, which has contributed to the teaching/research/ extension triad in the researched reality.…”

“…9 In the context of elderly people with AD/families, nurses and other health professionals participating in AMICA need to direct the thinking to the complexity, to the reconnection and transposition of the disciplinary knowledge, aiming to be able to attend to the multidimensionality that includes both the part, understood as the elderly person and the caregiver family member, as the whole, which is, the family as a complex unit. 3 With the objective of gathering, socializing, disseminating and expanding knowledge, with a view to a complex knowledge that enhances the visualization of the whole, regardless of the disciplines or specializations of each area of knowledge, transdisciplinarity emerges. 9 This transposition sometimes occurs so quickly that important disciplinary knowledge is lost in the process.…”

O impacto do comportamento do idoso com doen�a de Alzheimer na vida do cuidador

“…A Doença de Alzheimer (DA) é um transtorno neurodegenerativo progressivo e fatal que se manifesta por deterioração cognitiva e da memória, comprometimento progressivo das atividades da vida diária e uma variedade de sintomas neuropsiquiátricos e de alterações comportamentais (7)(8) . Os transtornos de comportamento do paciente, mais do que as dificuldades nas atividades da vida diária, são importantes focos de impacto no cuidador (9)(10) .…”