The aging of families with members with intellectual disabilities

AUTOR(ES)

Takebayashi, Renata Balieiro

FONTE

Rev. Bras. Enferm.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

05/12/2019

RESUMO

RESUMO Objetivo: conhecer a estrutura e a dinâmica de famílias no estágio tardio do ciclo vital que possuam um integrante com deficiência intelectual (PCDI). Método: pesquisa qualitativa com uso do Modelo Calgary de Avaliação Familiar (MCAF) como referencial metodológico. Participaram 38 sujeitos, distribuídos em dez famílias que possuíam um integrante com deficiência intelectual e cujos pais eram idosos. As entrevistas foram analisadas com a técnica de análise de conteúdo. Resultados: evidenciaram-se as seguintes categorias analíticas: “convivendo com a deficiência intelectual”, “comunicação como estratégia de encontro”, “isolamento familiar e a necessidade de apoio” e “preocupações com o cuidado no futuro”. Considerações finais: as famílias no ciclo tardio da vida que possuíam um integrante com deficiência intelectual se estruturavam de modo a sobrecarregar uma única cuidadora (mãe), possuíam pouca rede de apoio, usavam a comunicação como um instrumento de compreensão de si e do outro, além de terem dificuldades de projeção para o futuro.ABSTRACT 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 interviews were analyzed with content analysis technique. Results: the following analytical categories were evidenced: “living with intellectual disability”, “communication as a strategy for encounter”, “family isolation and the need for support” and “concerns about care in the future”. Conclusion: families in the late life cycle who had a member with intellectual disability are arranged in a structure that overloads a single caregiver (mother), has little support network, uses communication as an instrument for understanding themselves and the other, besides having difficulties in projecting the future.

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