TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-care profiles of the elderly institutionalized in Elderly Care Centres
AU - Imaginário, Cristina
AU - Rocha, Magda
AU - Machado, Paulo
AU - Antunes, Cristina
AU - Martins, Teresa
N1 - Funding Information:
This article was supported by FEDER through the operation POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007746 funded by the Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização – COMPETE2020 and by National Funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia within CINTESIS, R&D Unit (reference UID/IC/4255/2013 ).
Funding Information:
This article was supported by FEDER through the operation POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007746 funded by the Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização – COMPETE2020 and by National Funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia within CINTESIS, R&D Unit (reference UID/IC/4255/2013).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - The concept of self-care in the elderly has been frequently associated with autonomy, independence and personal accountability. Self-care practices are a result of individual lifestyles and paths adapted to the circumstances and expectations of the elderly. Based on the model by Backman and Hentinen (1999), the present study attempts to categorically describe the types of self-care of the elderly. This is an exploratory study, transversal, of a quantitative nature. The sample was comprised of 313 participants, randomly selected among Elderly Care Centres in the interior North of Portugal. The Portuguese version of Self-care of Home Dwelling Elderly was used for data collection. The results call for a replication of the study, using the theoretical derivation of the four self-care profiles (responsible, formally guided, independent and abandoned).
AB - The concept of self-care in the elderly has been frequently associated with autonomy, independence and personal accountability. Self-care practices are a result of individual lifestyles and paths adapted to the circumstances and expectations of the elderly. Based on the model by Backman and Hentinen (1999), the present study attempts to categorically describe the types of self-care of the elderly. This is an exploratory study, transversal, of a quantitative nature. The sample was comprised of 313 participants, randomly selected among Elderly Care Centres in the interior North of Portugal. The Portuguese version of Self-care of Home Dwelling Elderly was used for data collection. The results call for a replication of the study, using the theoretical derivation of the four self-care profiles (responsible, formally guided, independent and abandoned).
KW - Institutionalized elderly
KW - Self-care
KW - Self-care profiles
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U2 - 10.1016/j.archger.2018.05.012
DO - 10.1016/j.archger.2018.05.012
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29935371
AN - SCOPUS:85048703947
SN - 0167-4943
VL - 78
SP - 89
EP - 95
JO - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
JF - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
ER -