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Revista Médica Electrónica
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Servicio asistentes sociales a domicilio en la atención al geronte:: ¿desarrollo o necesidad en Cuba? The service of social assistants at home in elder people's care:: ¿development or necessity in Cuba?

Authors: Miledy Medford Cárdenas; Magaly Paula Cruz González; Nereida Mateu Pereira; Orlando Domingo Calderón Coronado; Rafael Lázaro Garzó Rueda;

Servicio asistentes sociales a domicilio en la atención al geronte:: ¿desarrollo o necesidad en Cuba? The service of social assistants at home in elder people's care:: ¿development or necessity in Cuba?

Abstract

El envejecimiento se relaciona con cambios en el estado de salud de la población, que influyen en los procesos de salud, morbilidad y mortalidad. Según la Dirección Nacional de Estadística del Ministerio de Salud Pública, las afecciones de mayor prevalencia en este grupo poblacional son las enfermedades no trasmisibles. En el presente trabajo, con el propósito de mejorar la calidad de la atención al adulto mayor, a través de la revisión bibliográfica, se exploraron las principales variables demográficas de Cuba; se analizaron los fundamentos que dieron origen al surgimiento de los asistentes sociales a domicilio y se realizó una caracterización de la capacitación del personal que se desempeña en estas funciones. Los autores de esta investigación consideraron importante señalar que el país enfrenta un envejecimiento demográfico acelerado de la población; y por consiguiente surgieron, como una necesidad, los servicios de los asistentes sociales a domicilio, que deben profundizar en su capacitación para la atención al adulto mayor y para el logro de los objetivos propuestos dentro del programa nacional.Getting elder is related with health status changes among the population that exert influence on the processes of health, morbidity and mortality. According to the National Direction of Statistics of the Public Health Ministry, the diseases with higher prevalence in this population group are the non-transmissible one. In the current work, with the purpose of improving the health care to elder people, through a bibliographic review, we explored the main demographic variables of our country; we analysed the reasons that originated social assistance at home, and we made a characterization of the qualification of the staff occupied in these functions. The authors considered important to say that Cuba affronts an accelerated demographic aging of the population, and therefore, the social assistants' service at home appeared as a necessity. To achieve the objectives of the national program, the staff working as social assistants should increase their qualification for the elder people's attention.

Keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC AGING, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, HEALTH STATUS, ESTADO DE SALUD, PROGRAMAS NACIONALES DE SALUD, SOCIAL WORK, QUALITY OF LIFE, NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS, ANCIANO, CALIDAD DE VIDA, MANEJO DE ATENCIÓN AL PACIENTE, PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT, SERVICIO SOCIAL, ANÁLISIS MULTIVARIADO, MEDIANA EDAD, ENVEJECIMIENTO DE LA POBLACIÓN, ASISTENCIA SOCIAL, MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS, R, ANCIANO DE 80 AÑOS Y MÁS, HUMANS, AGED, 80 AND OVER, MIDDLE AGED, HUMANOS, LITERATURA DE REVISIÓN, Medicine, REVIEW LITERATURE, AGED

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