Author:

• Zally Pinto Vasconcellos de Queiroz - Queiroz, Z. - São Paulo, São Paulo - Centro Universitário São Camilo - <geronto@scamilo.edu.br>

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Abstract:

The cases of abuse against elderly people have been growing significantly troughout all the world.Among the various forms of abuse, one of the less known and denounced is the domestic neglect. As it occurs mostly inside family and nursing homes, it is hardly identified.
This article presents the results of a cross-sectional descriptive /analytical study that pointed out the existing factors potentially associated to domestic neglect towards elderly patients attended by the Elderly Home Care Program – PADI –as part of the Discipline of Geriatrics of the Paulista Medical School, Federal University of São Paulo, Brasil.
Interviews were made with 40 familiar caregivers of these patients who had functional disability. The profiles of those patients and their caregivers were identified by questionnaires and the impact on those familiars by the Caregiver Burden Scale.
The results revealed the existence of the following factors potentially associated with domestic neglect among elderly people, in the study population : the dimensions General Tension and Isolation, as well as Depression and Stress on the caregiver´s side, and theElder´s Functional Ability, are the ones which cause the biggest impact on the caregivers.

Key-Words: Elderly, Neglect, Caregivers, Risk factors, Home-Care

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