Vulnerability and quality of life of older persons in the community in different situations of family care.

Objective: to correlate socio-contextual aspects, physical vulnerability and quality of life of older persons in the community in different situations of family care.

Methods: epidemiological, a cross-sectional and analytical study, with elderly people in the community (n=769), with application of the instruments: Vulnerable Elders Survey-13 (VES-13), World Health Organization Quality of Life for Older Persons (WHOQOL-OLD) and the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF); and socio-contextual data questionnaire.

Results: the population assessed presented an average of regular quality of life in both the WHOQOL-BREF and the WHOQOL-OLD.

Family members seeking compulsory hospitalization for drug-using members: profile, expectations and needs.

Objective: to outline the profile and understand the expectations and needs of family members who seek compulsory hospitalization for drug-using members.

Method: Mixed research; data collected involving 101 medical records and semi-structured interviews with 26 family members. SPSS software and content analysis was used.

The aging of families with members with intellectual disabilities.

Objective: to understand the structure and dynamics of families in the late stage of the life cycle that have a member with intellectual disability.

Method: qualitative research using the Calgary Family Assessment Model as methodological framework. The study had 38 participants, distributed into 10 families that had a member with intellectual disability and whose parents were elderly.

The family in face of the elderly's reality of living alone.

Objective: to understand the family dynamics in face of the reality of the elderly living alone.

Method: study of qualitative approach with theoretical reference of symbolic interactionism that involved interviews with families. Data were analyzed by thematic analysis.