Participação de equipe multidisciplinar na promoção do cuidado em grupo de idosos e adultos do projeto EADASC

Abstract

Introduction: The Brazilian population is aging. This causes great changes in the epidemiological, economic and social profile of the country, generating a search for more studies on ageing and new ways of promoting health. The multidisciplinary approach is an indispensable element for this promotion, by providing a more detailed understanding and helping on the better management of the assistance. Thus, this study aims to report the experience in the Project Extension Teaching and Learning Developing Collective Health Actions -EADASC, linked to the Faculty of Medicine of the Federal University of Alagoas-UFAL. A multidisciplinary work with academics from various areas of health, which develops actions of collective health and health promotion and has as target audience the elderly and adults from the community Denisson Menezes, Maceió-Alagoas. Methodology: This is an experience report on multidisciplinary team work, basedon records, questionnaires, monitoring and observation of the experience of academics at EADASC. Results and Discussion: It was observed that the academics added knowledge, learned to work in teams and had the opportunity to have contact with the reality of the elderly and the aging process. Regarding the adults and elderly of the project, it was observed that a multidisciplinary, weekly and global monitoring is more effective than individualized, because they have some stability in blood pressure and glycemic levels. In addition, they report feeling better both physically and emotionally from their participation in the project. Conclusion: The experience in the project provided the contact with the elderly and with the reality of aging in its biopsychosocial aspect, providing an improvement in self-esteem and quality of life of the participants. And the multidisciplinary team work allowed a great increase in training and greater integration among the academics of various courses.