Health of the elderly: multidisciplinary residence as an instrument for the care improvement

Authors

  • Letícia Farias Gerlack
  • Letícia Bonamigo Moreira
  • Andreivna Kharenine Serbim
  • Camila Bitencourt Remor
  • Cristina Gaviolli
  • Daniela de Souza Motta
  • Gustavo Nunes Pereira
  • Marines Cecconello
  • Rosana Klaesener
  • Vanuska Lima Silva PUCRS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1983-652X.2009.2.5598

Keywords:

health of the elderly, patient care team, health system

Abstract

Objective: To describe the actions taken by the team of the Health Aging Program Multidisciplinary Residency in Health (PREMUS / PUCRS). Description of the experience: In the primary care, the residents participated in home assistance, outpatient services and developed actions of health popular education in aged groups. The team was also inserted in a University hospital, assisting in the fields of outpatient and hospitalization units. Conclusion: The Multidisciplinary Residency Program in Health, with emphasis on the health of the elderly, has proposed a dynamic care based on the concepts of interdisciplinarity, integration and humanized care, as well as guided by the guidelines of the Unified Health System (SUS).

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Published

2010-08-24

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2009)

Section

Experience Reports

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