Gerontological education about the dignified treatment to the elderly. Centro Cardiovascular. "An intervention proposal"

Abstract

The objective of the research was to determine the gerontological knowledge held by the nursing staff of the Falcon Regional Cardiovascular Center for a dignified treatment to the elderly in order to design a gerontological education program for these personnels that favors the dignified treatment to the elderly. The paradigm is positivist with feasible project, non-experimental design, transactional or transversal. As an instrument, a questionnaire validated by experts, the Kuder Richardson KR-20 reliability test of 0.7826 (high reliability). As techniques semi- structured interview and direct observation. Results: the interviewees possess notions about gerontology, old age and aging; but they attribute to the elderly who attends to the Center, declination and stereotypes, a decrease in their physical and cognitive abilities, but not social ones because interpersonal relationships increase with age. Therefore, they propose the implementation of a gerontological education program about dignified treatment for the elderly who attend the center.