O atendimento em Unidades de Saúde da Família no olhar de idosos: representações sociais

Abstract

Introduction: The aging problem is a set of current relevance and concern of Public Policy for the Elderly. When In studying this problem from the point of view as is thought by health service users and their use as a public good with an emphasis on social representations is important to know the care provided to older people in public service, particularly in Unit Family Health. Study Objectives: apprehend the social representations of aging constructed by elderly patients at USF; know the care provided to elderly at USF from the social representations and whether the care provided to older people meet their expectations. Methodology: This was an exploratory study in a quantitative and qualitative approach developed seventy elderly (n = 70) who agreed to participate in the study and met the inclusion criteria. To collect data we used a semi-structured interview and the Test of Free Association of Words with the following stimuli: 'aging' and 'care for the elderly. " Data from the interviews were organized in databases and processed by software Alceste Evoc 4.8 and, after analysis of thematic content. Results: For the elderly, aging is represented by associating it with: old, old age, elderly and aging, accounting for 23.44% of the words evoked. This was considered a very strong category consists of 7 different words, with 34 occurrences. It can be seen in the speeches of the elderly emphasis elderly person as a person with a reduced functional capacity, represented by fatigue, difficulty walking and moving, thus showing the importance of physical activity for prevention and health promotion. On the one hand, the service is represented by the elderly poor and slow in the elderly should conform, on the other, or getting old age is natural, which is confirmed by the appearance of white hair. Conclusion: We identified social representations of aging constructed by elderly patients in USF's involvement in the presence of disease, the care provided to elderly at USF is suitable for the elderly and partially serves your needs.