O grupo de memória como alternativa para os usuários da Estratégia da Saúde da Família com queixas de déficit de memória

Abstract

This study aimed to describe the importance of a group of memory for users of the Family Health Strategy as an alternative to the complaints of memory difficulty. The methodology was a literature search done on the basis of the health of banks as the Virtual Health Library - VHL (Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences), Database of Nursing (BDENF) Scientific electronic library online (SciELO) and in Post-graduate CAPES, between the years 2003 to 2011. After surveying the articles in the databases identified 27 articles, however, after reading them, 20 were selected. Rural Radiance in the ESF-MG, where I work as a medical staff of Family Health, we have addressed all the users who reported having poor memory for recent events. This approach is performed by a group operating grounded in exercises with auditory stimuli, tactile, visual, which highlights the attention, concentration, observation and association aimed at improving the functioning of memory, with the participation of users over the age of 12 years. Such measures are applied with a view to organizing the work process within the Family Health Team, whereas the number of users who report having "poor memory" has been increasingly frequent (consistent with "the number." It was found that the group memory is an important tool to motivate users to reflect on the possible applications of this strategy in everyday life. Among the actions that can be used by groups of Family Health Strategy memory for health promotion in the prevention of memory deficits in different age, one can cite the memory training, exercises of attention, concentration, repetitive practice, use of music, drama, interpretations of texts, numerical calculation and interpersonal skills. However, such activities must be appropriate to meet with the elderly low educational level, allowing accommodate the demands of its clientele. It is concluded that the group memory is without a doubt, an excellent strategy for users of the Family Health Strategy with complaints of memory deficit, contributing thus to significantly improve the quality of these individuals. It is hoped that this work can be a pilot project to more accurate assessments of the effect of the "group memory" mnemonic performance, by testing more accurate and specific evaluations for the memory, quantifying and assessing the degree of involvement of participants in the group, considering the implications that these deficits represent the quality of life of people, especially older women.