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- Title
Necesidades generales de los cuidadores de las personas en situación de discapacidad.
- Authors
Buitrago-Echeverri, María Teresa; Ortiz-Rodríguez, Sandra Patricia; Eslava-Albarracín, Daniel Gonzalo
- Abstract
Objective: To identify the general necessities of a group of custodians of handicapped people at the Fontibon county (Bogota, Colombia), in order to propose strategies of accomplishment that allow to contribute to the welfare of the custodians and also for the handicapped people. Materials and methods: This is a qualitative study performed between January of 2008 and August of 2009 assessed the perceptions of the necessities described under the "Social Determination of Health" model classifies as general necessities with the information regarding a group of informal custodians of handicapped people, the family of the custodians, a team of professionals from the group of prevention and conducting of handicap that belongs to the Hospital of the Fontibon County and also involved representatives of institutions related to any type of disabilities. The tools used were insight interviews, semi-structured interviews and focus groups. Results: In the voice of the participants there was found very often the financial necessities, the weaknesses of the social healthcare system, the problems related to accessto healthcare, and the quality of the services, and also the lack of job opportunities. Conclusions: Even though the participants admitted that there has been some progress on the making of public policies related to handicapped people, they also perceive that this progress do not pertains to the custodians. Furthermore they manifest serious weaknesses in the structure of most of the areas observed that shows the imperative necessity of putting collective efforts together that allow to create integrated programs focused on the welfare of the custodians and also the handicapped people.
- Subjects
BOGOTA (Colombia); COLOMBIA; CAREGIVERS; PEOPLE with disabilities; NEEDS assessment
- Publication
Investigacion en Enfermeria: Imagen y Desarrollo, 2010, Vol 12, Issue 1, p59
- ISSN
0124-2059
- Publication type
Article