Getting old, falling ill and becoming dependent: the view of the elderly

Autor: Keila Okuda Tavares, Janaína Cristina Scalco, Lizyana Vieira, Joseane Rodrigues da Silva, Carmen Célia Correia Barradas Bastos
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Kairós Gerontologia, Vol 15, Iss 2, Pp 105-118 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1516-2567
2176-901X
Popis: This study aims to know the experience of being an elderly person dependent-care by others. Known aspects related to the experience of dependents elderly, enables health professionals who provide care to this population, reflect about on a more humane form action, where are valued not only the biological aspects, but also, all the psychosocial issues that are linked to the process of illness in old age.
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