%0 Journal Article
%T Perfil dos idosos residentes em uma institui£¿£¿o de longa perman¨ºncia
%A Alencar
%A Mariana Asmar
%A Bruck
%A Nat¨¢lia Nascimento Salom£¿o
%A Pereira
%A Br¨ªgida Cibelle
%A Camara
%A Tania M¨¢rcia Magalh£¿es
%A Almeida
%A Roberto Di Spirito
%J Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia
%D 2012
%I Universidade Aberta da Terceira Idade (UNATI)
%R 10.1590/S1809-98232012000400017
%X objective: to describe the clinical and functional profile of elderly living in a long-term care institution. methods: 47 older adults living in a long-term care institution of belo horizonte/mg took part in the study. for a data collection were used a structured socio-demographic questionnaire, mini mental state examination (mmse), geriatric depression scale(gds), katz index and timed up and go (tug). a descriptive statistics were employed by using spss14.0. results: the mean age of the elderly was 73.0 years (¡À8.99). most of the elderly was female (51.1%), single (46.8%) without children (51.1%) and with low education. the time of institutionalization ranged from one month to 25 years. the most frequent reason for institutionalization was with purpose of treatment (29.8%) and majority reported receiving visits (80.9%). the elderly took an average of 3.45 medications (¡À1.87). only 12.8% reported at least one fall in the last six months and 80.9% reported being afraid of falling. about 38.3% do not use assistive walk device; 12.8% use wheelchair; 42.5%, walker; and 6.4%, cane. the mmse scores were low, 93.3% were below the cutoff score for their schooling. at gds, 59.6% were suggesting possible depression. tug range from 0.10 to 1.58 minutes. most elderly people reported being independent to perform the activities of katz (bathing: 80.9%; dressing: 83.0%; toileting: 80.9%; transferring 87.2%; urination 59.6%; defecation: 61.7%; feeding 93.6%) and none reported complete dependence. conclusion: the profile of institutionalized elderly is consistent with the literature on clinical and demographic variables. however, most patients reported being independent for basic activities of daily living, which represents a good opportunity for interventions that aim to prevent or minimize possible losses of function.
%K aged
%K homes for the aged
%K clinical and functional profile.
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