The home care of elderly: caregiver profile - part two

Authors

  • Kozue Kawasaki UNICAMP; Faculdade de Ciências Médicas
  • Maria José D'Elboux Diogo Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Faculdade de Ciências Médicas; Departamento de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342001000400003

Keywords:

Elderly, Home care, Caregivers

Abstract

The frail elderly, maintained in its home, request specific cares, which are accomplished many times by people contracted, denominated formal caregivers. With the increase of the offer of these people's work and the shortage literature on its profile, we developed a study with 41 advertisers that offered their services in two newspapers of larger circulation in the city of Campinas, São Paulo, with the following objectives: 1. to characterize these caregivers and 2. to verify the activities proposals for care to the elderly. In the present work the referring data are presented to the second objective.

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Published

2001-12-01

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Section

Original Articles

How to Cite

The home care of elderly: caregiver profile - part two. (2001). Revista Da Escola De Enfermagem Da USP, 35(4), 320-327. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342001000400003