Life quality and institutionalized elderly’s functional capacity

Objective: Analyzing the life quality (LQ) and the institutionalized elderly’s functional capacity (FC). Materials and Methods: It was consisted an example of 20 elderly, institutionalized, and it was verified the LQ and the FC. Results: It was verified satisfactory scores of LQ and FC among the eld...

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Autores: Oliveira, Julia Roberta de, Rocha Júnior, Paulo Roberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)
Repositorio:Revista Kairós (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/23216
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/kairos/article/view/23216
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Elderly
Institutionalization
Life quality.
Idoso
Institucionalização
Qualidade de vida.
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Sumario:Objective: Analyzing the life quality (LQ) and the institutionalized elderly’s functional capacity (FC). Materials and Methods: It was consisted an example of 20 elderly, institutionalized, and it was verified the LQ and the FC. Results: It was verified satisfactory scores of LQ and FC among the elderly analyzed, but this sample was based in its exclusion criteria. Conclusion: these aged people showed satisfactory levels of LQ and FC, however it is suggested new evaluation resources of LQ and FC about these people.