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O demente, a família e as suas necessidades
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A população idosa duplicou nos últimos quarenta anos
devido à melhoria da qualidade de vida e aos progressos
da Medicina, aumentando não só a longevidade,
como a esperança média de vida sem incapacidade. No
entanto, é o mau envelhecimento, a incapacidade, a dependência
e a demência que causam medos e angústias
por vezes superiores à própria morte.
A Psicologia da Saúde tem um papel fundamental
junto do idoso e em particular do demente à volta de
um eixo individual e outro colectivo, que abordaremos
neste trabalho. As famílias dos dementes isoladas chegam
por vezes ao esgotamento. Tentaremos dar alternativas
possíveis para melhorar a qualidade de vida do
demente e da família, dando um especial relevo às suas
necessidades.
In the last forty years, the percentage of the elderly in the population doubled due to a better quality of life and to a higher medical efficiency, resulting in a longer life and an improved expectation of life without disability. Still, aging in bad conditions such as a handicap, disability, dependency and dementia frequently causes fear and anguish, sometimes superior to those caused by death itself. Health Psychology is essential for aging people, and specially the demented, in two ways: individually and, as shown hereafter, collectively. Isolated families of demented people sometimes get totally “burnt out”. The purpose of this work is to focus on the needs of the demented and their families in order to improve their quality of life.
In the last forty years, the percentage of the elderly in the population doubled due to a better quality of life and to a higher medical efficiency, resulting in a longer life and an improved expectation of life without disability. Still, aging in bad conditions such as a handicap, disability, dependency and dementia frequently causes fear and anguish, sometimes superior to those caused by death itself. Health Psychology is essential for aging people, and specially the demented, in two ways: individually and, as shown hereafter, collectively. Isolated families of demented people sometimes get totally “burnt out”. The purpose of this work is to focus on the needs of the demented and their families in order to improve their quality of life.
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Idoso Demente Família Elder people Insane Family
Citation
Análise Psicológica, 22(3), 621-627.
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Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada