CARACTERIZAÇÃO DE CUIDADORES DE IDOSOS FAMILIARES DO PROGRAMA SAÚDE DA FAMÍLIA BOM PASTOR DE VARGINHA (MG): perfil do cuidador

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The increase in life expectancy favors the individual to experience a greater predisposition for chronic diseases, increasing a functional disability and a loss of autonomy and a need for the presence of a caregiver. OBJECTIVE: to characterize the primary family caregiver of the elderly in an area covered by the Family Health Program. PARTICIPANTS AND METHOD: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive study with a quantitative approach. Thirty family caregivers participated in the study, after approval by the Ethics and Research Committee in humans under the CAAE 62635216.0.0000.5111 protocol, from April to September 2017. They were submitted to the questionnaire on Sociodemographic Characteristics of the Caregiver and the Elderly. RESULTS: 90% of the female gender, daughters (63.33%) and 46.67% were single. As for the feeling of caring, 96.67% for love. In relation to being trained for care, 66,67% learned to take care of the elderly alone, being 73.33% showing difficulty in assisting the elderly in the bath and 56.67% in transfers. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: Knowing the family caregiver who provides care of importance of support measures for this population, is not the need for specific guidelines, such as guidelines of a physiotherapist, when they point out difficulties in the activities of transfers and mobilizations of the elderly.