[The communitarian therapy as a new instrument of care for elderly mental health].

Rev Bras Enferm

Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisa em Saúde e Sociedade, João Pessoa, PB.

Published: August 2010

The Communitarian Therapy comes appearing as a new technology of care in the programs of insertion and support to the mental health of the population. This exploratory research aims to identify the number of groups of community care with older people in the city of João Pessoa - PB, to know the main themes presented by the elderly and the strategies used to confront the difficulties and disclose evidence related to improving quality of life of older people. The data had been collected in the fiches of register of the therapies, analyzed in a quantitative boarding. The results had demonstrated that the problem most frequent in the aged one is stress it, the used strategy of confrontation more are the spirituality. The Communitarian Therapy comes contributing for mental health of the aged one.

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