Barriers to care for dependent older adults: Brazilian Primary Health Care managers' perspective.

ABSTRACT: This study analyzes the perspective of 16 managers from different Brazilian regions about the barriers to adequate care for dependent older adults in Brazilian PHC. This qualitative approach is anchored in the hermeneutic-dialectic theoretical framework. It builds on the principle that aging has different epidemiological rhythms and multiple specific demands from older adults' biopsychosocial changes. We highlighted several challenges to health services, since family, educational, organizational, and social contexts are fragmented. The 16 managers were selected by convenience from June to September 2019. They interacted individually in a semi-structured interview lasting approximately 30 minutes. The interviews were transcribed in full, and data were organized into four empirically selecte

SUBMITTER: Goncalves JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11463773 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature