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0423/2018 - Social integration profiles among institutionalized non-frail elderly individuals in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte.
Perfis de integração social entre idosos institucionalizados não frágeis no município de Natal, Rio Grande do Norte.

Author:

• Lara de Melo Barbosa Andrade - Andrade, L.M.B - <lara@ccet.ufrn.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8019-9480

Co-author(s):

• Kenya Noronha - Noronha, K - <knoronha@cedeplar.ufmg.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7174-6710
• Mirela Castro Santos Camargos - Mirela Castro Santos Camargos - Belo Horizonte, - <mirelacsc@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1151-3533
• Carla Jorge Machado - Machado, C. J. - Belo Horizonte, MG - <carlajmachado@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6871-0709


Abstract:

The aim of the study was to characterize the non-frail elderly in Long-term care institutions (LTC) in Natal, emphasizing social integration and stratification in philanthropic and private institutions in 2012. The instrument used was Brazil Old Age Schedule (BOAS). Descriptive analysis was carried out and sociodemographic and health profiles of the aged persons were estimated by using the Grade of Membership (GoM) model, which allowed obtaining typologies of social integration. The results indicated that 68 elderly were eligible; 63.2% were female, and 51.5% were 80 years or older; 43% reported poor or very poor health. The application of the GoM method yielded three profiles. The first one is characterized by elderly with higher presence of sociable/integrated men living in philanthropic LTC (22% of the elderly). The second profile mainly encompasses women in philanthropic institutions, with vulnerable health conditions and depression (34.9%). Finally, a third profile is the one with higher levels of integration/sociability in private LTC but also characterized by older elderly persons with functional disability (34.9%). This study is important since integration and socialization must be a part of the elderly life irrespectively of the place they live.

Keywords:

Socialization; Homes for the Aged; Aged; Health Vulnerability; Disability

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Andrade, L.M.B, Noronha, K, Mirela Castro Santos Camargos, Machado, C. J.. Social integration profiles among institutionalized non-frail elderly individuals in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Sep). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/social-integration-profiles-among-institutionalized-nonfrail-elderly-individuals-in-natal-rio-grande-do-norte/16956?id=16956



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