The importance of collecting complaints of institutionalized old people during the interview for planning phonoaudiological rehabilitation

DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.200832.2.5

Abstract

The aim of the present study was characterizing complaints reported for institutionalized old people during the phonoaudiological
interview, emphasizing its importance for the rehabilitation process. 28 resident old people were evaluated at a philanthropic Long-Permanence
Institution for Old People (ILPIs), located in Santo André-SP, being 18 (64.3%) male and 10 (35.7%) female; mean age of 66.86 (+/-0.95) years.
Data collecting was carried out by receiving phonoaudiological complaints, done through interviews helped by a questionnaire that contemplated
information on personal data, complaints referring to general health, hearing, voice, speech, food, language and cognition. Phonoaudilogical
complaints were found referring to cognition (96.4%), language (78.6%), oral motor function / food (53.6%), hearing (46.4%), voice (35.7%)
and speech (3.6%) that may be linked to aging or to pathologies. To differentiate them, the phonoaudiologist will provide support in diagnosis,
treatment and rehabilitation. The interviews revealed a high rate of phonoaudiological complaints of institutionalized old people, and there is a
need for the professional to shape it like a space of listening and human support to the patient, making possible, during the entire rehabilitation
process, confidence and credibility in the professional, which, after listening, will direct the therapeutic focus, building an individualized plan
according to the clinical condition and molded by the interests and necessities of the patient.