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| Barros,Débora Santos Lula; Silva,Dayde Lane Mendonça da; Leite,Silvana Nair. |
| The objective is to reveal the difficulties concerning the access and use of medicines by elderly individuals with dementia, reported by their caregivers. This qualitative study applied the participant observation method during pharmaceutical appointments performed in a specialized geriatrics service of the University Hospital of Brasília. Caregivers reported facing difficulties regarding the itinerary for medicines access in public pharmacies, as well as the high cost of these technologies in private establishments. Psychiatric symptoms, cognitive deficits, behavioral changes, apraxia, dysphagia, among other clinical manifestations of dementia syndromes, incapacitates the elderly for self-responsibility concerningthe use of drugs, which accentuates the... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Elderly/dementia/care; Caregiver; Drugs/access; Rational use of medicines; Pharmaceutical services. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502019000100528 |
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