Frailty, dependence and social impact on elderly assisted by the Multidisciplinary Team for Geriatric Care

Authors

  • Madalys Díaz Díaz Policlínico “Martha Abreu de Estévez”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Pablo Sebastián Silveira Hernández Hospital Provincial Universitario “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Tamara Guevara de León Universidad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Marta Rosa Ferriol Rodríguez Hospital Provincial Universitario “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara

Keywords:

health services for the aged, frail elderly

Abstract

Among the priority programs of the National Cuban Health System is the Integrated Care for the Elderly , which provides diagnose frailty as part of the comprehensive assessment. A retrospective study to determine the behavior of the dependence and its social impact on frail elderly served by the Multidisciplinary Team for Geriatric Care at “Marta Abreu de Estévez "  the University Polyclinic was performed. The following variables were analyzed: age, sex, dependency, cognitive status, emotional status, cohabitation, adverse events and main demands of basic services. A total of 110 frail elderly prevailed females and the age group 70 to 79 years; most had no cognitive impairment, they were independent and living with the spouse; the most frequent adverse events were the visits to the emergency services and falls and the most requested services were monitored by the team and the household income.

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Díaz Díaz M, Silveira Hernández PS, Guevara de León T, Ferriol Rodríguez MR. Frailty, dependence and social impact on elderly assisted by the Multidisciplinary Team for Geriatric Care. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2014 Jun. 28 [cited 2025 Jul. 12];8(2):46-54. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/119

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2014): April-June

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Original Articles

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