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- Title
VIOLÒNCIA CONTRA IDOSO: UM VELHO ESTIGMA.
- Authors
Zamboni, Cristiane; de Mello, Sandra Maria Cardoso; Fontana, Rosane; Rodrigues, Francisco Carlos Pinto
- Abstract
This descriptive study with a qualitative approach aimed to investigate the situations of violence against elderly residents of an area served by a Basic Health Unit of the Family Health Strategy in the North-East region of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The data were collected in the first semester of 2010 through interviews, using the Evaluation of Violence and ill-treatment against the Elderly tool. The quantitative results indicated the occurrence of violence of a verbal nature, and content analysis provided two categories of evidence: Autonomy/independence and ill-treatment and Limitations and Ill-treatment. It was observed that ill-treatment is related to the lack of autonomy and independence due to limited physical and cognitive abilities in daily routines, leading to the need for a carer. Nursing must help society to understand the process of aging, to identify possible situations of violence, and contribute to its prevention.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; PREVENTION of abuse of older people; ABUSE of older people; ELDER care; AUTONOMY (Psychology); CAREGIVERS; CONTENT analysis; FAMILIES; FAMILY health; FAMILY services; INTERVIEWING; INVECTIVE; LIFE skills; RESEARCH methodology; NURSES; NURSING assessment; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; SOCIAL stigma; QUALITATIVE research; ACTIVITIES of daily living; OCCUPATIONAL roles; BURDEN of care; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Cogitare Enfermagem, 2011, Vol 16, Issue 4, p634
- ISSN
1414-8536
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5380/ce.v16i4.21973