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(Reference retrieved automatically from SciELO through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

The home care of elderly: caregiver profile - part one

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Author(s):
Kozue Kawasaki [1] ; Maria José D'Elboux Diogo [2]
Total Authors: 2
Affiliation:
[1] UNICAMP. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas
[2] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Departamento de Enfermagem
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP; v. 35, n. 3, p. 257-264, 2001-09-00.
Abstract

The frail elderly, maintained in its home, request specific cares, wich are accomplished many times by people contracted, denominated formal caregivers. With the increase of offer of these people's work and the shortage on its profile, we developed a study with 41 advertisers that offered its services in two newspapers of larger circulation in the city of Campinas, São Paulo, with the following objectives: 1. to characterize these caregivers and 2. to verify the activities proposals for care to the elderly. In the present work the referring data are presented the caregivers' characteristics as: to the sex, the age, the formation and previous experience, schedule readiness and demanded remuneration. (AU)