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O envelhecimento representa um conjunto de transformações únicas para cada indivíduo e corresponde
a uma etapa desafiante para a pessoa idosa, assim como, para as abordagens multidisciplinares, ao nível
da intervenção. Objetiva-se apresentar vivências institucionais, inerentes ao processo de contingência,
imposto pela COVID-19 e medidas para satisfação de necessidades dos idosos, bem como, avaliar a
sintomatologia depressiva de utentes integrados nas respostas sociais: Lar de Idosos, Residência para
Idosos e Centro de Dia do Centro Social e Paroquial de São Bento da Ribeira Brava. Para além da
implementação do plano de contingência e de técnicas de observação dos acontecimentos, avaliaram-se
30 utentes com a Geriatric Depression Scale. A integração em instituições, que garantam a satisfação das
necessidades que, muitas vezes, os idosos carecem, implica um processo singular de adaptação e
ajustamento a uma nova realidade. A situação pandémica constitui-se um novo desafio, que implicou a
mobilização de estratégias individuais e multidisciplinares, a nível institucional, para responder às
necessidades emergentes, considerando que a população idosa é o principal grupo de risco. Do estudo
realizado, verificou-se que a sintomatologia depressiva foi identificada em níveis ligeiros e requer
posterior avaliação. Para corresponder às novas exigências da situação pandémica e às necessidades
deste público-alvo, são apresentadas estratégias para garantir o bem-estar subjetivo e psicológico da
pessoa idosa, em contexto institucional.
Ageing represents a set of unique transformations for each individual and corresponds to a challenging stage for the elderly person, as well as for multidisciplinary approaches to intervention. The objective is to present institutional experiences, inherent to the contingency process, imposed by COVID-19 and measures to meet the needs of the elderly, as well as to evaluate the depressive symptoms of users in Nursing Home, Residence for the Elderly and Parish Social Centre of São Bento da Ribeira Brava. In addition to the implementation of the contingency plan and techniques for observing events, 30 users were evaluated with the Geriatric Depression Scale. The integration in institutions, which guarantee the satisfaction of the needs that the elderly often lack, implies a singular process of adaptation and adjustment to a new reality. The pandemic poses a new challenge, which implied the mobilisation of individual and multidisciplinary strategies at an institutional level, to respond to emerging needs, considering that the elderly population is the main risk group. From the study carried out, it was found that depressive symptoms were identified at mild levels and require further evaluation. To meet the new demands of the pandemic and the needs of this target group, strategies are presented to ensure the subjective and psychological well-being of the elderly in an institutional context.
Ageing represents a set of unique transformations for each individual and corresponds to a challenging stage for the elderly person, as well as for multidisciplinary approaches to intervention. The objective is to present institutional experiences, inherent to the contingency process, imposed by COVID-19 and measures to meet the needs of the elderly, as well as to evaluate the depressive symptoms of users in Nursing Home, Residence for the Elderly and Parish Social Centre of São Bento da Ribeira Brava. In addition to the implementation of the contingency plan and techniques for observing events, 30 users were evaluated with the Geriatric Depression Scale. The integration in institutions, which guarantee the satisfaction of the needs that the elderly often lack, implies a singular process of adaptation and adjustment to a new reality. The pandemic poses a new challenge, which implied the mobilisation of individual and multidisciplinary strategies at an institutional level, to respond to emerging needs, considering that the elderly population is the main risk group. From the study carried out, it was found that depressive symptoms were identified at mild levels and require further evaluation. To meet the new demands of the pandemic and the needs of this target group, strategies are presented to ensure the subjective and psychological well-being of the elderly in an institutional context.
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Envelhecimento COVID-19 Pessoa idosa Sintomatologia depressiva Plano de contingência Ageing Elderly person Depressive symptoms Contingency plan . Faculdade de Artes e Humanidades
Citation
Madalena Abreu (2021). Envelhecimento e pandemia: Vivências e evidências da intervenção em contexto institucional. In Joaquim Pinheiro (coord.), Olhares sobre o envelhecimento. Estudos interdisciplinares, vol. I, pp. 249-259. DOI: 10.34640/universidademadeira2021abreu ISBN: 978-989-8805-63-8
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Centro de Desenvolvimento Académico, Universidade da Madeira