Grupo de familiares acompanhantes de pacientes hospitalizados: estratêgia de intervenção da Terapia Ocupacional em um hospital geral.

Ferreira Dahdah, Daniel; Maria Pimenta Carvalho, Ana; Carla Delsim, Juliana; Romano Gomes, Bruna; Spera de Miguel, Vanessa

There is a consensus in the literature that the company of a family member during the hospitalization period increases patient recovery. However, this can have some negative effects on the caregiver's health. With the purpose of reducing these negatives effects, it is useful to let family members express themselves. The State Hospital of Ribeirão Preto created a Group of Family Companions coordinated by the Occupational Therapy and Social Service. This study focuses on the assistance offered in a general hospital to families that undergo the whole illness and hospitalization process of their family member, suffering the impacts of this process in their daily lives, and on the intervention of Occupational Therapy in these cases.

BRAZIL; HOSPITALS; CAREGIVERS; CONVALESCENCE; HOSPITAL care; PATIENT-family relations; OCCUPATIONAL therapy; SUPPORT groups; SOCIAL support

Cadernos de Terapia Ocupacional da UFSCar, 2013, Vol 21, Issue 2, p399

0104-4931

Academic Journal

10.4322/cto.2013.041