Percepção de qualidade de vida do idoso nas instituições de longa permanência - artigo de revisão

Abstract

The desire for healthy longevity is something already present in the more remote history, search by the formula of eternal youth, associated with happiness, or as a constant concern of all time. In recent decades, this question comes piquing greater scientific and social interest, mainly due to the growing ageing population that is occurring within the world, as in Brazil. The perception of quality of life by the institutionalized elderly is paramount in all respects. The stimulation that brings big benefits is provided to the elderly, improving their autonomy, independence, choice, activities of daily life, developing selfconfidence, self image and everything relevant to it. The results of this study bibliographic review analyzes the institutionalised assistance to the elderly. Many times, quality of life and satisfaction in old age are associated with the issue of dependency-autonomy, which necessitates a distinction between the "age". While some people have decline in health status and cognitive skills early, other living healthy until very advanced ages. Urgent attention is needed to study population, mainly because the trend in the coming years is its comeback, which leads us to rethink, discuss, reflect and find social integration alternatives, family life and the effective involvement of public bodies, health and society in the face of this reality.