Educación para la salud y atención informal a las personas mayores. Comparación de dos contextos: España y la Unión Europea

Authors

  • María Remedios Belando Montoro

Keywords:

Family caregivers, Woman, Elderly, Health Education, Europe

Abstract

Nowadays, it has fundamental importance the rol of the family group, in taking c<1re their old people. In Spain like in other countries of the U.E., it is seeing a continuous female responsability ( daughters, wifes, daughters-in-law) in that task, and it is observed considerable negative consequences to the caregiver, specially in their physical, psychical and social health. That is the reason due to we believe necessary a polite health educational program for !hose caregivers, and it is importan! to develop a set of measures related to their economical profit their accesibility to social and sanitary resources, etc.

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Art