Intervention proposal to improve comprehensive care for the elderly

Authors

  • Sheila Virgen Pons Delgado Policlínico Dra. Francisca Rivero Arocha. Manzanillo. Granma
  • Veneranda Elsa Delgado Labrada Hospital Ginecobstétrico Fé del Valle Ramos. Manzanillo. Granma
  • Silvia Oliva Reyes Hospital Psiquiátrico Manuel Fajardo Rivero Manzanillo. Granma
  • Alcibiades Piña Delgado Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Celia Sánchez Manduley. Manzanillo. Granma
  • Maydolis Guerrero Viltres Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Celia Sánchez Manduley. Manzanillo. Granma
  • Gloria Manuela Pacheco González Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Celia Sánchez Manduley. Manzanillo. Granma

Keywords:

aged, interdisciplinary research, comprehensive health care

Abstract

A descriptive, retrospective, cross-sectional study was carried out to collect the problems that exist in the popular council of the health area of the doctor's medical clinic no. 9 of the 1 university teaching clinic Francisca Rivero Arocha, Manzanillo municipality, Granma province. Comprehensive care for the elderly by the multidisciplinary team of gerontological care and from there a strategy is proposed that allows improving the care and monitoring of this age group from the institutional and family context. The problem of the investigation is determined in: how to perfect the integral attention to the greater adult in the popular council no. 6 by the multidisciplinary team of gerontological attention? To achieve the proposed objectives, the health area statistics of the elderly program were analyzed. The data obtained were processed in a computerized way and presented in tables for better understanding, we worked with number and percentage as a summary measure. The program of the older adult will undoubtedly show better results from the effectiveness of the actions of the proposed strategy, which is materialized in the improvement of the operation of the multidisciplinary team of gerontological care.

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Published

2018-05-03

How to Cite

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Pons Delgado SV, Delgado Labrada VE, Oliva Reyes S, Piña Delgado A, Guerrero Viltres M, Pacheco González GM. Intervention proposal to improve comprehensive care for the elderly. RM [Internet]. 2018 May 3 [cited 2025 Jun. 7];22(2):423-38. Available from: https://revmultimed.sld.cu/index.php/mtm/article/view/843

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