The comfort in the ambience of elderly residents in long term institutions

Authors

  • Amanda Atsuta Braga Gerontologia, Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo, EACH USP.
  • Maria Luisa Trindade Bestetti Arquitetura. Curso de Graduação em Gerontologia na Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo, EACH USP.
  • Fabio Gazelato de Mello Franco Fabio Gazelato de Mello Franco - Médico e diretor clínico do Residencial Israelita Albert Einstein. Responsável pelo acompanhamento desta pesquisa no RIAE. E- mail: fabio.gfranco@einstein.br

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2016v19i2p327-347

Keywords:

Comfort, Ambience, Long Term Care Institutions for the Elderly.

Abstract

This article presents comfort in the ambience within the long term care institutions in the city of São Paulo. It was worked on issues related to comfort ILPIs, home and ambience. The general research objective was to compare the comfort of questions in public and private institutions ambience, from the perception of elderly residents. The survey was conducted in two long-stay institutions for the Elderly (ILPIs), one public and one private, both in São Paulo. The instrument used was a semi-structured questionnaire with open and closed questions, open questions were analyzed by Bardin technique. In conclusion, the comfort for residents is more associated with meeting the physical and / or physiological needs.

 

Author Biographies

Amanda Atsuta Braga, Gerontologia, Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo, EACH USP.

Gerontóloga, Graduada no curso de Bacharel em Gerontologia, Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo, EACH USP.  

 

Maria Luisa Trindade Bestetti, Arquitetura. Curso de Graduação em Gerontologia na Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo, EACH USP.

Arquiteta e professora do Curso de Graduação em Gerontologia na Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo, EACH USP.

 

Fabio Gazelato de Mello Franco, Fabio Gazelato de Mello Franco - Médico e diretor clínico do Residencial Israelita Albert Einstein. Responsável pelo acompanhamento desta pesquisa no RIAE. E- mail: fabio.gfranco@einstein.br

Médico e diretor clínico do Residencial Israelita Albert Einstein. Responsável pelo acompanhamento desta pesquisa no RIAE.

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Published

2015-06-30

How to Cite

Braga, A. A., Bestetti, M. L. T., & Franco, F. G. de M. (2015). The comfort in the ambience of elderly residents in long term institutions. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 19(2), 327–347. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2016v19i2p327-347

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 2 (2016)

Section

Papers

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