The elderly long term permanence institutions in small urban centers of Minas Gerais State: eating practices and habits / As instituições de longa permanência para idosos em pequenos centros urbanos mineiros: práticas e costumes alimentares

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2010

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Introduction The preservation of eating practices and habits of advanced adults resident in elderly long term permanence institutions (ELTPI) located in small urban centers of Minas Gerais State contributes for a positive perception of being in the institution. Objective Investigating a possible similarity between the recalled foods among the elderly residing in these ELTPI referring to pre-institutionalization period and those carried out today by the institution cooks. Outlining the well being sensation profile manifested by the assisted. Methodology The inclusion criteria for the actors participating in the study were: being native of the Minas Gerais Lago de Furnas region and presenting conditions to engage in dialogue with the researcher (subjects recommended by the head of the institutions). The indicated were then explained the purpose of the research and 34 of them agreed to participate: 15 residents in ELTPI I, 7 in ELTPI II and 12 in ELTPI III. The number of interviewed cooks was 2 per institution. Results Administration of pertinent statistical tests indicated that the three ELTPI coincidentally offer 84,5 per centof the sweet recalled dishes. Concerning the savory dishes with recollections coinciding in all three ELTPI all the recalled dishes are offered at present. The well being sensation profile reveled by the residents was positive once the total of the excellent and good responses in relation to the offered food was 85 per cent, which correlates with the results relative to the perception of joy in living in the institution. Conclusion The preservation of the eating practices and habits of population groups similar to the one studied may represent one of the joys of being old

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instituição de longa permanência para idosos percepção elderly long permanence institution saúde pública perception. public health

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