Programa Acompanhante de Idosos: estratégia de saúde pública para longevidade na UBS Butantã no Município de São Paulo

• Autor(a) principal: Lúcio, Lívia Monteiro
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da PUC_SP
• Texto Completo: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/12467
• topic: Grupo de idosos; Programa Acompanhante de Idosos; Convivência comunitária; Elderly group; Senior Companion Program; Community life; CNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::SERVICO SOCIAL

Gerontology is devoted to multidimensional issues of aging and old age, and has the purpose of description and explanation of these issues in its various aspects. The object of the study are the elderly participating in the group "talking about health" at the UBS Butantan in São Paulo. This group is the result of activities promoted by the Senior Companion Program Butantan team. The focus of this study is to demonstrate the expectations of the elderly that participate in the community and integrative life, and also in other activities proposed in the meetings. 8 (Eight) subjects participated in this research, female and male elders, aged 67 (sixty-seven) to 88 (eighty-eight) years old. All participated in the interviews initially responding to a questionnaire, which contained personal identification data and questions about the weekly participation in the group called "talking about health." This qualitative research seeks, in the broadest sense, to understand that, more than just talk is to speak to the elderly with the aim of a dense description for the extension of the human discourse universe. Therefore, given this amplitude, and in order to contribute to the creation of new spaces like this, to ensure a better quality of life for seniors. As a result of this study, the participation of elderly in the community is of great importance and the Basic Health Unit, which is the entrance to the Unified Health System, becomes a space for the implementation of care in primary care, aimed at preventive actions, and can become a potential equipment to provide new groups for seniors