Getting old, falling ill and becoming dependent: the view of the elderly
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https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2012v15i2p105-118Keywords:
Aged, Health of the Elderly, Health PersonnelAbstract
This study aims to know the experience of being an elderly person dependent-care by others. Known aspects related to the experience of dependents elderly, enables health professionals who provide care to this population, reflect about on a more humane form action, where are valued not only the biological aspects, but also, all the psychosocial issues that are linked to the process of illness in old age.Downloads
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2013-03-04
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Tavares, K. O., Scalco, J. C., Vieira, L., da Silva, J. R., & Bastos, C. C. C. B. (2013). Getting old, falling ill and becoming dependent: the view of the elderly. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 15(2), 105–118. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2012v15i2p105-118
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