Caracterización de cuidadores de adultos mayores en etapa terminal

Abstract

This articles it relates a study: descriptive observational investigation, of traverse court, with the caretakers of the old persons in terminal stage of the area of health. municipality: Vedado, Plaza de la Revolución”, between November and December of the 2007. Among the main results they stand out that the caregivers are, for the most part, women, with less than 60 years of age, of white skin that you/they don't have a stable couple that you/they don't have labor bond that you/they have a half level of escolaridad that you/they are the sick person's daughters, they take more than 5 years exercising that function and, although they share the care with other people, they have limited their time to sleep and/or to rest. 80% of the caregivers refers to need technical helps and the biggest birdcall concentrates on disposable diapers. Although they estimate that they have enough knowledge on the illness that it suffers the sick person that you/they take care, they recognize that they need training and/or training, fundamentally, have more than enough psychological support, mobilization and distraction. The old man with illness in terminal stage presents characteristic that require of a specialized handling that besides the integral preparation of the team of health, it implies bigger necessity of help for the family and especially for the caregivers, from the psychological and social point of view. The necessities of cares, preparation and support to the ccaregivers and of help technique for these sick persons should increase.