Análise da autonomia de idosos atendidos em um serviço de saúde na realização de atividades instrumentais e de vida diária.

Abstract

Population aging is a worldwide phenomenon, and with increasing age, the physical and functional limitations of the elderly, especially of the oldest old, are increasing. Therefore, health care for the elderly no longer focuses on prolonging life, but mainly on maintaining the individual's functional capacity, so that the individual remains autonomous and independent for as long as possible. Therefore, aging should be seen as a gradual and limiting process, but with adaptations to the physical and psychosocial limitations that affect the elderly. The objective of this work was to identify the autonomy and difficulties presented by the elderly, to perform basic and instrumental activities of daily living, to characterize the epidemiological profile, to observe the main functional changes of these elderly people and to propose activities to be performed by the Nurse in order to promote the healthy aging of these elderly people. Exploratory and descriptive study with a quantitative approach. Data collection was performed at the Primary Health Care Post (PAPS), through an interview guided by a structured instrument consisting of socio-demographic issues, Lawton scale: - Instrumental Activities of Daily Living - IADL and Katz Index Activities Basics of Daily Living - ABVD for functional assessment. Forty elderly people participated, with a predominance of the age group from 60 to 70 years old (67.5%), female (65%), married (55%) and family income equal to a minimum wage (60%). Maximum independence was identified in ABVD (59%) and even greater in IADL (72%). This association between the ABVD and IADL decorate with so many other gerontological measures, seems to confirm the importance of functionality as a global marker of successful old age, as well as to know what affects the elderly, in order to outline objectives, methods and protocols of health care. health at this stage of life.