title: [The family: the support for the elderly with cerebral-vascular accident].
abstract: This project had these objectives: 1) understand the reality of the family care system for an elderly person suffering from cerebral-vascular accident (CVA), 2) implement an aid to the family care system for an elderly person suffering from cerebral-vascular accident (CVA) from a holistic perspective on health. The sample for this investigation was composed by five families which were intentionally selected, with whom the authors shared the care of an elderly person suffering from CVA in their homes over a six month period. Based on concepts having a holistic reference about health formulated by Capra, the authors drew up the development of a methodology for research and action which has a participatory observation and a Drawing-Record procedural technique for the production of data. These data were subjected to a thematic analysis which made it possible to identify three main themes: 1) the main caretaker as the focus of the family care system; 2) the family care system as a context which has complexities and singularities, 3) the holistic nature of the family care system for an eldely person suffering from cerebral-vascular accident (CVA).
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Enfermería de Maringá y estudiante de doctorado de la Escuela de Enfermería de Ribeirão Preto, Universitat de São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Oséias
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Guimarães Andrade
authors.forename: Rosalina Aparecida
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Partezani Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D020521:Stroke / Q000451:nursing*