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DOMINGUEZ GONZALEZ, Tamara B; ESPIN ANDRADE, Ana Margarita  y  BAYORRE VEA, Héctor. Caracterización de las relaciones familiares del anciano. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2001, vol.17, n.5, pp. 418-422. ISSN 1561-3038.

The present paper is aimed at characterizing the elderly person’s family relations on the basis of his/her perception and is carried out in the health area of "Reina" teaching polyclinics in Centro Habana municipality. One-hundred and forty-four elderly persons who live in multi-generation families were characterized by using the family relation test, Yesavage´s geriatric depression scale, the daily life instrumented activities scale and a questionnaire. The results were the predominance of little harmonic or non-harmonic relations, difficulties in defining the inter-generation limits, rigid family hierarchical structure and intolerant attitudes toward the characteristics and behaviours of the elderly people on the part of their families. Likewise, there was a substantial linking of the type of family relations perceived by the elderly and the age, emotional condition and physical capability variables

Palabras clave : AGED [psychology]; FAMILY RELATIONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS.

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