Care for the elderly: factors that influence the performance of health professionals in primary care

Almeida, Silvana Tanalise Guedes; Souza, Maria Augusta Medeiros de; Rodrigues, Jailson Alberto; Silva, Débora Cíntia Oliveira da; Nogueira, Jordana de Almeida; Moreira, Maria Adelaide Silva Paredes

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%T Care for the elderly: factors that influence the performance of health professionals in primary care
%A Almeida, Silvana Tanalise Guedes
%A Souza, Maria Augusta Medeiros de
%A Rodrigues, Jailson Alberto
%A Silva, Débora Cíntia Oliveira da
%A Nogueira, Jordana de Almeida
%A Moreira, Maria Adelaide Silva Paredes
%J Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online
%N Supl.
%P 126-135
%V 7
%D 2015
%@ 2175-5361
%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53966-6
%X Objective: To analyze the factors that influences the performance of family health teams (FHT) in caring for the elderly in view point of two levels of management (micro and meso). Method: Survey that was conducted in João Pessoa-PB, involving 250 health professionals. Data were collected by primary source, using a questionnaire containing questions related to the evaluation of health services in elderly care. Results: The components of the micro-management, 22,8% said lack of improvement to work with the elderly, low supply of group activities (26,4%), displacement of the teamwork (18,8%) and somewhat humanized practices (16,4%). Among the components of meso-management were mentioned inadequacy and unavailability of materials and human resources (16,4%/12,4%), inaccessibility (28,4%), low agreement with the principle of integrality (9,6%). Conclusion: Increase the capacity of resolution of FHT and enhance the specific functions of micro-management requires technological adaptation/structural units, investment in training, social inclusion the elderly.
%C MISC
%G en
%9 journal article
%W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org
%~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info