¿Quién es el receptor de intervenciones sociosanitarias y cuáles son sus necesidades? / Who is the user of socio-health interventions and what are their needs?

Las intervenciones sociosanitarias incluyen las actuaciones y cuidados destinados a atender las necesidades de las personas que a causa de su edad, enfermedad o discapacidad, han sufrido merma en su autonomía personal. Orientadas hacia el logro de una mejora en la calidad de vida de las personas en esa situación, tratan de atender a las personas de una forma integral. Intervenir en esas situaciones supone ofrecer las ayudas técnicas, los cambios ambientales, de costumbres y sociales así como el cuidado personal necesarios para mejorar su calidad de vida y potenciar sus capacidades y bienestar. Los avances científicos y cambios demográficos y sociales han condicionado una modificación en el perfil de los receptores de intervenciones sociosanitarias, destacando la longevidad, la cronicidad de los procesos y el envejecimiento del cuidador informal. El objetivo de este trabajo es caracterizar a la persona que recibe las intervenciones sociosanitarias y reflexionar sobre cuáles son sus necesidades. Para ello se ha llevado a cabo una revisión de estudios biomédicos mediante búsquedas bibliográficas en ScienceDirect así como documentación institucional nacional relativas a personas en situación de dependencia y sus cuidadores familiares. Las personas que precisan ayuda sociosanitaria constituyen una población heterogénea en cuanto a sus necesidades. Tanto la persona con discapacidad como su cuidador informal precisan ser consideradas objeto de interés y atención

Socio-health interventions include performance and care intended to attend to the needs of people who have suffered a decrease in their personal autonomy because of their age, illness or disability. Oriented towards achieving an improvement in the quality of life of people in that situation, they try to meet the requirements of people in an integrated way. To intervene in those situations involves providing technical aids and environmental, custom and social changes as well as personal care needed to improve their quality of life and enhance their skills and well-being. Scientific advances and demographic and social changes have determined a change in the profile of socio-health interventions’ receivers, highlighting longevity, chronicity of processes and aging of the informal caregiver. The aim of this work is to characterize the person receiving the social-health interventions and to reflect on what their needs are. To do this we have conducted a biomedical studies’ review through literature searches at ScienceDirect as well as a review of national institutional documentation related to people in dependent situations and their family caregivers. People who need socio-health help establish a heterogeneous population in respect of their needs. Both the person with disabilities and their informal caregiver need to be considered as an object of interest and attention

[Who is the user of socio-health interventions and what are their needs?]. / ¿Quién es el receptor de intervenciones sociosanitarias y cuáles son sus necesidades?

Socio-health interventions include performance and care intended to attend to the needs of people who have suffered a decrease in their personal autonomy because of their age, illness or disability. Oriented towards achieving an improvement in the quality of life of people in that situation, they try to meet the requirements of people in an integrated way. To intervene in those situations involves providing technical aids and environmental, custom and social changes as well as personal care needed to improve their quality of life and enhance their skills and well-being. Scientific advances and demographic and social changes have determined a change in the profile of socio-health interventions' receivers, highlighting longevity, chronicity of processes and aging of the informal caregiver. The aim of this work is to characterize the person receiving the social-health interventions and to reflect on what their needs are. To do this we have conducted a biomedical studies' review through literature searches at ScienceDirect as well as a review of national institutional documentation related to people in dependent situations and their family caregivers. People who need socio-health help establish a heterogeneous population in respect of their needs. Both the person with disabilities and their informal caregiver need to be considered as an object of interest and attention.