Transdisciplinarity in Evaluating the Health Conditions of Institutionalized Elderly Persons in Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil | Stephy Publishers
SOJ Dental and Oral Disorder - (SOJDOD) | Stephy Publishers ISSN 2768-6221 Abstract The main aim of the research developed and described here was to record and evaluate-in the light of the concept of transdisciplinarity-the conditions of health and functional capacity of institutionalized elderly persons in Bauru, a city with 400,000 inhabitants, situated close to the centre of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. A descriptive and exploratory field research was conducted with diverse objects of research and methodologies, considering the fields of Dentistry, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Biomedicine and Speech Therapy. The Government effort in Brazil must be placed on record to make it possible to understand therapid growth of its elderly population, its consequences and needs, with the aim of greatly enhancing attention to their quality of life, compatible with the expectations of the population and authorities in all fields of Brazilian health care. Keywords: Aged, T...