Methodological description of the mapping of Brazilian long-term care facilities for older adults
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| author | Marisa Accioly Rodrigues da Costa Domingues |
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| contents | Methodological description of the mapping of Brazilian long-term care facilities for older adults Marisa Accioly Rodrigues da Costa Domingues Patrick Alexander Wachholz Christiano Barbosa da Silva Lidiane Charbel Souza Peres Paula Ferreira Chacon Polyana Caroline de Lima Bezerra Sandra Lohmann Virgilio Garcia Moreira Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte Karla Cristina Giacomin Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) Aged Brazil nursing homes homes for the aged residential facilities OBJECTIVE: To describe the methodological approach adopted to build a database of long-term care facilities (LCTFs) in Brazil. METHODS: This exploratory research was conducted for 12 months, between August 2020 and July 2021, based on primarily publicly accessible data. First, the Unified Social Assistance System (Sistema Único de Assistência Social [SUAS]) database from 2019 was adopted as the primary source of information. In addition, public agencies and managers were consulted and invited to share their databases, while researchers and private entities collaborated by making their spreadsheets available. Data were organized in spreadsheets for each Brazilian state. LTCFs not catering to older adults (aged 60 years and over) were excluded. Duplicate data were excluded when overlaps were identified. RESULTS: This brief communication describes the methodology adopted for mapping the current status of Brazilian LTCFs. Despite its caveats, this study represents an important advance in the identification, characterization, and monitoring of these services nationwide. A total of 5769 facilities were found in the 2019 SUAS census. After excluding facilities not caring for residents aged 60 years or over, this number decreased to 2381 LTCFs. The consolidation and filtering of information from multiple data sources led to the identification of 7029 LTCFs throughout the country. CONCLUSION: Building a solid database was paramount to devising a national policy on long-term care. By including multiple sources, the scope of this survey was wider than all previous efforts and constituted an unprecedented collaborative experience in the country, including the potential to become the first national dataset for the Brazilian LTC sector. 2021 artículo científico 2447-2115 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=739780782053 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=7397 Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging application/pdf Sociedade Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Brasil) Num.1 Vol.15 |
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| spellingShingle | Methodological description of the mapping of Brazilian long-term care facilities for older adults Marisa Accioly Rodrigues da Costa Domingues Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) Aged Brazil nursing homes homes for the aged residential facilities Methodological description of the mapping of Brazilian long-term care facilities for older adults Marisa Accioly Rodrigues da Costa Domingues Patrick Alexander Wachholz Christiano Barbosa da Silva Lidiane Charbel Souza Peres Paula Ferreira Chacon Polyana Caroline de Lima Bezerra Sandra Lohmann Virgilio Garcia Moreira Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte Karla Cristina Giacomin Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) Aged Brazil nursing homes homes for the aged residential facilities OBJECTIVE: To describe the methodological approach adopted to build a database of long-term care facilities (LCTFs) in Brazil. METHODS: This exploratory research was conducted for 12 months, between August 2020 and July 2021, based on primarily publicly accessible data. First, the Unified Social Assistance System (Sistema Único de Assistência Social [SUAS]) database from 2019 was adopted as the primary source of information. In addition, public agencies and managers were consulted and invited to share their databases, while researchers and private entities collaborated by making their spreadsheets available. Data were organized in spreadsheets for each Brazilian state. LTCFs not catering to older adults (aged 60 years and over) were excluded. Duplicate data were excluded when overlaps were identified. RESULTS: This brief communication describes the methodology adopted for mapping the current status of Brazilian LTCFs. Despite its caveats, this study represents an important advance in the identification, characterization, and monitoring of these services nationwide. A total of 5769 facilities were found in the 2019 SUAS census. After excluding facilities not caring for residents aged 60 years or over, this number decreased to 2381 LTCFs. The consolidation and filtering of information from multiple data sources led to the identification of 7029 LTCFs throughout the country. CONCLUSION: Building a solid database was paramount to devising a national policy on long-term care. By including multiple sources, the scope of this survey was wider than all previous efforts and constituted an unprecedented collaborative experience in the country, including the potential to become the first national dataset for the Brazilian LTC sector. 2021 artículo científico 2447-2115 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=739780782053 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=7397 Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging application/pdf Sociedade Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Brasil) Num.1 Vol.15 |
| title | Methodological description of the mapping of Brazilian long-term care facilities for older adults |
| topic | Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) Aged Brazil nursing homes homes for the aged residential facilities |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=739780782053 |