O papel da estratégia de saúde da família frente às ações de saúde para o idoso e cuidador

Abstract

This study emerges from the interest as Nurse Family Health Strategy (FHS) in guiding the family caregiver or the elderly, in view of their daily difficulties in qualified and humanized care of the elderly. This monograph aims to describe, according to the literature review, aging and health of the elderly, home care for the elderly offered by the ESF, the attention to the caregiver and the family and guidelines for the caregiver, and finally the attitude of the staff of ESF actions against health care for the elderly. It is a literature review study conducted in the databases: Literature Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences (LILACS), Electronic Library of Brazilian scientific journals (SciELO), Virtual Library of Nursing and books relevant to the topic. The consultation of databases was conducted between the months of November 2010 to June 2011 considering the work published in the years 1994-2010. It is well known teams of the importance of the family or caregiver of the elderly in delivering assistance to the elderly person at home, it represents a link between self care, family and staff. The caregiver usually will not accept help and sometimes thinks he knows only caring; generating a certain weariness in caregiver who may have depression and thus the decrease in quality of care. The ESF team to guide these caregivers to provide a breakdown of care, in which many people blame themselves for treatment, and there is thus burden on anyone. From the moment they are aware that not only they are responsible for providing care, they can ask for help when they need. Currently, there are several families with an elderly person at home, and requires minimal personal care and often the caregiver fails to provide such care due to overload of activities of daily living, thus occurring consequences that could be avoided. The care home (AD) is one strategy that helps to delay institutionalization, providing support to families and caregivers; this perspective, the ESF or the Basic Health Unit (BHU) have the responsibility to capture and maintain a link with Elder's family. The role of the team opposite directions from the caregiver of the elderly person is initially gain the trust and respect not only the elderly but also the caregiver. It is clear that the team should permanently, after guiding the caregiver, perform evaluations to be certain the needs of caregivers and the elderly. Upon completing this study, it is evident the importance of the team's attention for both the caregiver and for the elderly. This mode has the domicile of attention as a space for research and planning better interventions, through the visits of professional staff. Health education with caregivers requires facing your fears and doubts, with a view to humanized care.