A insuficiência familiar no cuidado ao idoso e seus reflexos na Atenção Primária a Saúde

Abstract

Currently the company is going through a period of demographic transition and epidemiological transition, resulting in an increasingly elderly population with chronic diseases who aspire direct care according to the degree of dependence of each individual. This study aimed to review the literature on the familiar difficulty in elderly care and its reflections in primary health. The topic was identified as the main problem during the situational diagnosis of the health team where I work that pointed the unfavorable condition of the elderly residents living in that area as one of the most significant bottlenecks during execution of work. Through the literature review were analyzed articles in Portuguese, covering matters related to basic health, seniors and families. The results showed that before training current family, population aging, the liberation of women, reducing the number of family members, the emotional distance and even physical enters generations, the increase in chronic and degenerative diseases will be necessary to develop consistent public policies that support the activity of professionals so that they can dispense effective support to families and their elders, avoiding an overload of primary care. Thus we highlight the importance of this study, because the country is heading for a population consisting predominantly of seniors and will be essential to establish strategies to deal with this reality.