Relationship between elderley care and health and social care provider

Objective: to ascertain the relationship between caring for the elderly and the social status and health of the caregiver. Method: it`s about a descriptive character study with transversal delineation, with 20 guards of aged ones registered in the extension project: “Aged`s health in the family, asylum and community: living in a social support net in the care to the aged one”, from the Southwestern State University of Bahia. As instrument was used a Questionnaire of Evaluation of the Guard. The data were analyzed and grouped into three categories: the elderly and the need for caution, care and its influence on the caregiver's life, and management of care for the elderly. This research was approved by the Ethics in Research of the State University of Southwest Bahia (Protocol No. 061/2007). Results: it was verified that 18 of the guards were of the feminine sex, 13 of the guards never had time to take care of themselves, 12 felt negative influence of the care process in their health, and 16 presented some limitation in their social life. Conclusions: in this perspective, it`s necessary that strategies of care to the guard`s health are created to improve the life`s quality of these people and, surely, the aged ones attended for them. Descriptors: aged one; guard; daily life.RESUMO Objetivo: averiguar a relação entre o cuidado ao idoso e o estado social e de saúde do cuidador. Método: trata-se de um estudo de caráter descritivo com delineamento transversal, com 20 cuidadores de idosos cadastrados no projeto de extensão: Saúde do idoso na família, asilo e na comunidade: vivenciando rede de suporte social no cuidado ao idoso, da Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia. Como instrumento foi utilizado um Questionário de Avaliação do Cuidador. Os dados foram analisados e agrupados em três categorias: o idoso e a necessidade de cuidado, o cuidado e a sua influencia na vida do cuidador, e o gerenciamento do cuidado ao idoso. Esta pesquisa foi aprovada pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Universidade Estadual ...