Implications of family participation in care to the institutionalized elderly

• Main Authors: Naiana Oliveira dos Santos (Author), Margrid Beuter (Author), Nara Marilene Oliveira Girardon-Perlini (Author), Arlete Maria Brentano Timm (Author), Macilene Regina Pauletto (Author), Rafael Beuter Nishijima (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 2179-7692; 2179-7692; 10.5902/2179769230317
• Keywords: instituição de longa permanência para idosos; trabalhadores; relações familiares; enfermagem.; Medicine; R; Nursing; RT1-120
• Source: Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Vol 9, Iss 0, Pp e16-e16 (2019)

Aim: to describe how the workers from a Long-Term Care Institution for the Elderly perceive the role and participation of the family in the lives of institutionalized elderly. Methods: qualitative research undertaken with 16 workers from the Long-Term Care Institution for the Elderly. The data were collected through a semi-structured interview and used thematic analysis. Results: it was verified that the family's role is related to maintaining ties with each elderly relative and to supply their affective needs - in the view of workers. The different forms of family participation in the institution occur through visits, telephone contact and aid in care. Conclusion: the family role is to provide support to the elderly through various forms of participation in the institution: minimize loneliness and promote positive feelings of belonging to the family nucleus for the aged.