Equipe especializada em HIV/AIDS : uma intervenção voltada a atenção à pessoa idosa.

Abstract

Nowadays, Brazil is going through a process of rapid and intense population aging. Therefore, there is a need to provide greater quality of life to the elderly segment of the population, focusing on physical, social and psychological aspects. Specialy this scenario, the current study presents a qualitative research that analyzed the performance of health team, and patients in a specialized HIV/AIDS care service in a medium-sized municipality in Rio Grande do Sul semi-structured interview directed, to the five health professionals who make up the service, two health support workers and four patients assisted by the site. Afterwards, the observations and monitoring of users and family started to happen weekly. As well as the work with the interdisciplinary team, the monitoring of medical information and the organization of meetings with the team. Based on the results found, the analys is made it possible to affirm the need for further research on the Health Policy alluding to HIV/AIDS, the construction of support groups, guidance to elderly people on prevention, and actions aimed at rapid testing and combating prejudice. In this sense, the care protocoll for elderly people with HIV/AIDS constituted the final product of the dissertation and corroborated, both for the purpose of the research and for the professional master's degree with regard to the possibility of transforming processes aimed at improving the practice professional. The present work was linked to the group of studies and research in Aging and Citizenship, linked to the line of research in Social Practices, Organizations and Culture of the Professional Master in Psychology at UNISC.