OLDER ADULTS LINKED TO HOME CARE PROVIDED BY PRIMARY HEALTH CARE: CHARACTERIZATION, MORBIDITIES, AND ACCESS TO THE SERVICES

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v26i0.73818

Keywords:

Older Adult, Primary Health Care, Nursing, Home Care, Access to the Health Services.

Abstract

Objective: to analyze older adults receiving Home Care provided by Primary Health Care regarding the sociodemographic variables, morbidities, and access to the health services, according to gender and to age group.
Method: an analytical and cross-sectional study with 124 older adults on Type 1 Home Care, conducted between 2018 and 2019 through home visits. A questionnaire on socioeconomic data, morbidities, and access to the services was applied. The Student’s t, Mann-Whitney’s, chi-square, and Fisher’s exact tests were used.
Results: the mean age was 82.8 years old and there was predominance of the female gender. Most of the longer-lived older adults had from zero to four years of study and were widowed. Among the comorbidities, hypertension prevailed and arthrosis presented a significant association with the female gender (p=0.004). In relation to access to the health services, the women received less frequent home visits (p=0.033).
Conclusion: these data will be able to support the implementation of interventions, in addition to identify possible improvements in the care modality.

Author Biographies

Gilmara Ramos

Hospital Moinhos de Vento - Unidade de Internação Adulta.

Mariane Lurdes Predebon

Unimed - Gerenciamento em Saúde.

Fernanda Laís Fengler Dal Pizzol

Unimed - Cuidar Mais.

Juana Vieira Soares

Residente no programa de Saúde da Família e Comunidade do Grupo Hospitalar Conceição.

Lisiane Manganelli Girardi Paskulin, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

Departamento de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

Idiane Rosset, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

Departamento de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

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Published

2021-03-08

How to Cite

Ramos, G., Predebon, M. L., Dal Pizzol, F. L. F., Soares, J. V., Paskulin, L. M. G., & Rosset, I. (2021). OLDER ADULTS LINKED TO HOME CARE PROVIDED BY PRIMARY HEALTH CARE: CHARACTERIZATION, MORBIDITIES, AND ACCESS TO THE SERVICES. Cogitare Enfermagem, 26. https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v26i0.73818

Issue

Vol. 26 (2021)

Section

Research

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