Perfil De Las Personas Mayores Usuarias De Residencias De Asistidos

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ABSTRACT:The nursing homes (residences) for older people that are dependent (commonly referred to assisted or assisted living) are conceived nowadays, as open gerontology centers for personal development, and where an interprofessional socio-health care is provided. They represent facilities providing specialized and comprehensive care to people who have high levels of dependency. Therefore, they are aimed at users who respond to an specific profile: people with disabilities as result of degenerative or neurological diseases, with serious difficulties in ambulation, with a high degree of senility and/or in a situation of dependency due to a mental disorder.In this work, we study the profile of users of state residences with assisted living in Galicia through the analysis of their health, functional, cognitive and social status, and we evaluate the degree of coincidence with the type profile to whom these centers aim to target.The results obtained indicate that, although most people in assisted living residences show functional dependence and cognitive problems, a major part of them, could get adequate care, according to their characteristics and those of their social network, in community-based services, such as home help service or day centers.Key words: Older people, Social services, Assisted living residences. RESUMEN:Las residencias para personas mayores en situación de dependencia (habitualmente denominadas de asistidos) son concebidas, en la actualidad, como centros gerontológicos abiertos, de desarrollo personal, y donde se presta una atención interprofesional de tipo sociosanitario. Constituyen equipamientos destinados a la atención especializada integral de personas que presentan elevados niveles de dependencia. Por tanto, están dirigidas a usuarios que encajen en un perfil específico: personas incapacitadas a consecuencia de enfermedades degenerativas o neurológicas, con graves

Knowledge and attitudes towards living wills among healthcare professionals, residents and relatives in nursing homes: A qualitative study

“…With regard to relatives, one man and four women participated, which corresponds to 84% of the women who provide care in our society (Navarro Ramos, 2016). The ratio of residents was 3:1, with a predominance of women, also in accordance with the profile of nursing home users (Dosil Díaz, et al 2014).…”