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En la actualidad el envejecimiento de la población adulto mayor es un desafío en la sociedad, esta población es altamente vulnerable en el entorno familiar y social. Al ser un adulto mayor significa ser cuidado, respetado, protegido y apoyado por la familia. El estudio tuvo como objetivo analizar la intervención del trabajador social en el bienestar socioemocional de los adultos mayores, utilizando metodología cuantitativa y cualitativa y las técnicas de entrevista y encuesta para la cual se aplicó 30 encuesta a los usuarios del Centro Gerontológico Santa Gema de Galgani de la Parroquia Abdón Calderón del cantón Portoviejo y una entrevista a la trabajadora social. Los resultados muestran que la mayoría de los adultos mayores viven con sus familiares mientras que existe un porcentaje minoritario que vive solo, pese a ello se evidencia escasa comunicación con sus familiares debido a sus responsabilidades laborales, pero cuando están en situaciones de necesidad son atendidos de manera eficiente. Se concluye que, la intervención del trabajador social está focalizada en optimizar la calidad de vida del adulto mayor, para lo cual realiza actividades que favorezcan el bienestar socioemocional de los mismos, apoyándose en métodos, técnicas e instrumentos propios de la profesión como son el índice de Barthel, la escala de Lawton y Brody y el test de mini mental, que son el punto de partida para el desarrollo de actividades que favorezcan al mejoramiento de su calidad de vida.

Research into how surgical facemasks impair facial recognition for familiar and unfamiliar faces, with manipulations in facial expression and task-expectancy. The faces in the study have been used by permission from the Radboud Face database

Laterality effects generally refer to an advantage for verbal processing in the left hemisphere and for non-verbal processing in the right hemisphere, and are often demonstrated in memory tasks in vision and audition. In contrast, their role in haptic memory is less understood. In this study, we examined haptic recognition memory and laterality for letters and nonsense shapes. We used both upper and lower case letters, with the latter designed as more complex in shape. Participants performed a recognition memory task with the left and right hand separately. Recognition memory performance (capacity and bias-free d') was higher and response times were faster for upper case letters than for lower case letters and nonsense shapes. The right hand performed best for upper case letters when it performed the task after the left hand. This right hand/left hemisphere advantage appeared for upper case letters, but not lower case letters, which also had a lower memory capacity, probably due to their more complex spatial shape. These findings suggest that verbal laterality effects in haptic memory are not very prominent, which may be due to the haptic verbal stimuli being processed mainly as spatial objects without reaching robust verbal coding into memory.

En el presente trabajo se lleva a cabo una revisión de estudios empíricos y programas de intervención destinados a resolver la problemática del duelo, cuando se produce una pérdida de un familiar de manera traumática e inesperada en accidentes de tráfico. Tras la revisión teórica inicial se concluye que existen numerosos estudios previos que abordan la temática de duelo, aunque pocos estudios que relacionen el duelo complicado con la población diana de la propuesta, familiares de víctimas en siniestros de tráfico. Los programas de intervención que se utilizan en duelo, cumplen en líneas generales con los objetivos de los que parten las propuestas de intervención convencionales. Sin embargo, existe la necesidad de crear programas de intervención en los que se aborde el duelo complicado desde una perspectiva integradora. Por ello, en el presente trabajo se crea un programa de intervención que combina diferentes modalidades de terapia en duelo y duelo complicado con el fin de englobar tanto al individuo como a los sistemas familiares afectados por la pérdida. Se proponen tres niveles de intervención, uno a nivel individual, otro a nivel familiar y otro multifamiliar. El programa dura un total de 14 sesiones y las intervenciones pueden ser complementarias entre sí. Se pretende prevenir el desarrollo de factores de riesgo de duelo complicado o en su caso, un empeoramiento de la sintomatología ya presente., In this research, an empirical studies review and some intervention programs are carried out to solve the problematic situation of grief that exists when there is a loss of a relative in a traumatic or unexpected way in traffic accidents. After the initial theoretical review, it is concluded that there are many previous studies that deal with the mourning topic, although there are few studies which relate the complex mourning to the target population of the proposal, the relatives of victims in traffic accidents. In general terms, the intervention programs, used in the mourning, meet the objectives of the conventional intervention proposals. Nevertheless, there is a need to create intervention programs in which complex mourning are approached from an integrative perspective. For this reason, in this research is created an intervention program which combines different methods of mourning therapy and complex mourning with the purpose of including both the person and relatives systems affected by the loss. It is suggested three levels of intervention: individual level, relatives level and multifamily groups. The program lasts a total of 14 sessions and the interventions can be supplementary between them. It is intended to prevent the development of risk factors for complex mourning or, if applicable, a worsening of the symptomatology already present., Máster Universitario en Psicología General Sanitaria

Background This study examines how dogs observe images of natural scenes containing living creatures (wild animals, dogs and humans) recorded with eye gaze tracking. Because dogs have had limited exposure to wild animals in their lives, we also consider the natural novelty of the wild animal images for the dogs. Methods The eye gaze of dogs was recorded while they viewed natural images containing dogs, humans, and wild animals. Three categories of images were used: naturalistic landscape images containing single humans or animals, full body images containing a single human or an animal, and full body images containing a pair of humans or animals. The gazing behavior of two dog populations, family and kennel dogs, were compared. Results As a main effect, dogs gazed at living creatures (object areas) longer than the background areas of the images; heads longer than bodies; heads longer than background areas; and bodies longer than background areas. Dogs gazed less at the object areas vs. the background in landscape images than in the other image categories. Both dog groups also gazed wild animal heads longer than human or dog heads in the images. When viewing single animal and human images, family dogs focused their gaze very prominently on the head areas, but in images containing a pair of animals or humans, they gazed more at the body than the head areas. In kennel dogs, the difference in gazing times of the head and body areas within single or paired images failed to reach significance. Discussion Dogs focused their gaze on living creatures in all image categories, also detecting them in the natural landscape images. Generally, they also gazed at the biologically informative areas of the images, such as the head, which supports the importance of the head/face area for dogs in obtaining social information. The natural novelty of the species represented in the images as well as the image category affected the gazing behavior of dogs. Furthermore, differences in the gazing strategy between family and kennel dogs was obtained, suggesting an influence of different social living environments and life experiences.

Objective. To determine the importance of the family support group in the treatment of codependency, based in reports made by relatives of a therapeutic community for drug addicts. Methods. Study conducted in a therapeutic community for alcohol and other drug addicts in a city in the southern extreme of Brazil. This is a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive research with eight drug addict relatives. Data collection occurred through semi-structured interviews and the use of a field diary, focusing on the family orientation group as a space for the health promotion of family members of psychoactive substance users. Results. Through discursive analysis, it was found that the family orientation group constitutes an important tool of educational character, capable of responding to the family demands of chemical dependence, as well as rethinking and modifying attitudes and characteristic behaviors of co-dependence. Conclusion. The support group is fundamental as a care strategy for codependent families, and may act more effectively when professionals are trained to intervene in the phenomenon of codependency. Resumen Objetivo. Conocer, a partir del relato de familiares de una comunidad terapéutica para dependientes químicos, la importancia del grupo de apoyo familiar en el tratamiento de la codependencia. Métodos. Este estudio se realizó en una comunidad terapéutica para consumidores de alcohol y otras sustancias en una ciudad del extremo sur en Brasil. Se trata de una investigación cualitativa, descriptiva, con la participación de ocho familiares de dependientes químicos. La recolección de datos se realizó con entrevista semiestructurada y con el uso del diario de campo, teniendo como foco el grupo de orientación familiar como un espacio para la promoción de la salud de familiares de usuarios de sustancias psicoactivas. Resultados. En el análisis discursivo, se constató que el Grupo de Orientación Familiar es una importante herramienta de carácter educativo, capaz de responder a las demandas familiares sobre la dependencia química, así como repensar y modificar actitudes y comportamientos característicos de la codependencia. Conclusión. El apoyo grupal es fundamental como estrategia de cuidado a las familias codependientes y puede ser aún más eficaz cuando los profesionales son capacitados para intervenir el fenómeno de la codependencia. Resumo Objetivo. Conhecer, a partir do relato de familiares de uma comunidade terapêutica para dependentes químicos, a importância do grupo de apoio familiar no tratamento da codependência. Métodos. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, exploratória e descritiva com oito familiares de dependentes químicos. A coleta de dados ocorreu por meio da entrevista semiestruturada e pelo uso do diário de campo, tendo como foco o grupo de orientação familiar como um espaço para a promoção da saúde de familiares de usuários de substância psicoativas. Resultados. Mediante análise discursiva, constatou-se que o Grupo de Orientação Familiar se constitui em uma importante ferramenta de caráter educativo, capaz de responder as demandas familiares da dependência química, bem como repensar e modificar atitudes e comportamentos característicos da codependência. Conclusão. O grupo de apoio é fundamental como uma estratégia de cuidado às famílias codependentes, podendo atuar de modo mais eficaz quando os profissionais são capacitados para intervirem no fenômeno da codependência.

Düşünce eylem kaynaşması (DEK) düşünce ve davranışların eş-değerliği olarak tanımlanan ve obsesif-kompulsif bozuklukla ilişkili olduğu düşünülen bilişsel faktörlerden biridir. Bu araştırma anket çalışması ve deneysel uygulama olmak üzere iki aşamadan oluşmaktadır. Araştırmanın ilk aşaması için obsesif semptomlar, düşünce eylem kaynaşması, düşüncenin kontrol edilmesi, düşüncenin bastırılması ve obsesif inançları değerlendirmek üzere belirlenen bir anket seti kullanılmıştır. İkinci aşama olan deneysel manipülasyon aşamasında, karşılaştırma grupları yakınlık grubu için, hedef kişinin niteliği (samimi-yabancı) X düşünce içeriği (kaza-şiddet) olmak üzere, savunmasızlık grubu için de hedef kişinin niteliği (savunmasız-savunabilir) X düşünce içeriği (kaza-şiddet) olacak şekilde belirlenmiştir. Hedef kişinin niteliğine göre deney gruplarına seçkisiz olarak atanan katılımcılar, kaza ve şiddet içeriğine sahip cümlelere maruz bırakılarak deneysel ortamda DEK oluşturulması amaçlanmıştır. Karşılaştırma grupları çalışmanın bağımsız değişkenleri olarak belirlenmiştir. Bağımsız değişkenlerin her bir düzeyine maruz bırakılan katılımcıların belirttikleri rahatsızlık, kaygı, suçluluk, sorumluluk, nötrleştirme isteği, düşünce düzeyi, düşünce sıklığı, ahlaki yanlışlık düzeyi, yaşanma ihtimali ve gerçekle benzerlik düzeyi değişkenleri çalışmanın bağımlı değişkenleridir. Çalışmada aynı katılımcılardan alınan tekrarlı ölçümler söz konusu olduğu için, hipotezlerin sınanmasında Tekrarlı Ölçümler Varyans Analizi (Repeated Measures ANOVA) yapılmıştır. Anket ölçümlerinden elde edilen veriler arasındaki ilişki ve bağımlı değişkenler ile anket ölçümlerinden elde edilen veriler arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemek için ise Korelasyon Analizi yapılmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda, hedef kişinin yakın veya savunmasız olması durumunda hissedilen rahatsızlık, kaygı, suçluluk, sorumluluk, gerçekleşirse rahatsızlık, gerçekle benzerlik ve nötrleştirme isteği düzeyleri yabancı veya savunabilir olma durumlarına göre istatistiksel olarak anlamlı düzeyde daha yüksek olarak bulunmuştur. Anket ölçümlerinden elde edilen veriler arasında genel olarak anlamlı ve pozitif yönde ilişki olduğu gözlenmiştir. Elde edilen bulguların çalışmanın hipotezlerini genel olarak desteklediği söylenebilir. Thought action fusion (TAF) is one of the cognitive factors defined as the equivalence of thoughts and behaviors and thought to be related to obsessive-compulsive disorder. This research consists of two stages: survey and experimental application. For the first stage of the study, a survey set was used to evaluate obsessive symptoms, thought action fusion, thought control, thought suppression and obsessive beliefs. In the experimental manipulation phase which is the second stage, the comparison groups, the quality of the target person determined as for the affinity group, (familiar-foreign) X thought content (accident-violence), and for the vulnerable group the quality of the target person (vulnerable-defensible) X thought content (accident- violence). Participants who were randomly assigned to the experimental groups were exposed to sentences with the content of the accident and violence to form a TAF in the experimental environment. Comparison groups were determined as independent variables of the study.The variables of discomfort, anxiety, guilt, responsibility, desire for neutralization, level of thought, frequency of thought, level of moral error, the likelihood of experiencing and similarity with reality are dependent variables of the study. Since repeated measurements were taken from the same participants, Repeated Measures ANOVA was used to test hypotheses. Correlation analysis was conducted to investigate the relationship between the data obtained from the survey measurements and the relationship between the dependent variables and the data obtained from the survey measurements. As a result of the study, the levels of discomfort, anxiety, guilt, responsibility, discomfort, similarity with reality and desire to neutralize were found to be statistically higher than the foreign or defensible situations when thetarget person was close or vulnerable. It was observed that there was a significant and positive correlation between the data obtained from the survey measurements. It can be stated that the findings support the hypotheses of the study in general. 128

Abordaremos, neste artigo, a noção de alteridade, que se encontra intrinsecamente articulada na obra freudiana ao estado de desamparo do ser humano. O recém-nascido, por causa de sua imaturidade motora e psíquica, é incapaz de satisfazer por si só suas necessidades vitais de sobrevivência, o que tem como contrapartida a dependência do outro, condição estruturante do próprio sujeito. Analisa-se a alteridade como um complexo com dupla face, tecido em uma relação que remete ao mesmo tempo ao semelhante e ao estranho, o que engendra um risco para o sujeito: não há qualquer garantia quanto ao que se pode esperar do outro. Debruçar-nos-emos sobre esse estado característico do início da vida, que lança o homem ao campo do outro, da linguagem e da cultura, para mostrar como se dá o processo de constituição psíquica. Propomos que o estado de desamparo está associado à incerteza e à ausência de garantias provindas do outro. This article deals with the notion of alterity (otherness), which is inextricably coupled, in Freudian works, to the state of helplessness of the human being. The newborn, due to its motor and psychic underdevelopment, is unable to satisfy on its own the vital needs for survival, therefore entailing a dependence on the other, a condition that shapes one’s self. Alterity is analysed as a complex with double face, woven into a relationship that refers both to the familiar and the strange, which creates a risk for the self: there is no guarantee about what to expect from the other. We will delve into this defining state of early life, which throws one’s being into the field of the other, and of language and culture, to show how the process of psychic constitution takes place. We propose that helplessness is associated to the uncertainty and lack of assurances given by the other. Dans cet article nous nous proposons d´étudier la notion d´altérité, qui se trouve intrinséquement articulée dans l´oeuvre freudienne à la détresse de l´être humain. Le nouveau-né, à cause de son immaturité motrice et psychique, est incapable de satisfaire lui-même ses nécessités vitales de survie, ce qui entraîne la dépendance de l´autre, condition structurante du sujet lui-même. On analyse l´altérité comme un complexe à double face, tissé dans une relation qui renvoit à la fois au similaire et à l´étrange, ce qui engendre um risque pour le sujet: il n´y a aucune garantie de ce qu´on peut attendre de l´autre. Nous nous concentrerons sur cet état caractéristique du début de la vie, qui jette l´homme au champ de l´Autre , du langage et de la culture, pour montrer comment se passe le procès de la constitution psychique. Nous présentons le détresse étant associé à l´incertitude et à l´absence de garanties provenues de l´Autre. En el presente artículo nos proponemos a trabajar el concepto de alteridad, que se encuentra intrínsecamente articulado en la obra freudiana con el estado de desamparo del ser humano. El recién-nacido, a causa de su imaturidad motora y psíquica, es incapaz de satisfacer por si sólo sus necesidades vitales de sobrevivencia, lo que tiene como contrapartida la dependencia del otro, condición estructurante del sujeto. Se analiza la alteridad como un complejo con doble faz, tramado en una relación que remite a la vez al semejante y al extraño, lo que engendra un riesgo para el sujeto: no hay ninguna garantía cuanto a aquello que se puede esperar del otro. Abordaremos ese estado característico del inicio de la vida, que lanza el hombre en el campo del Otro, del lenguaje y de la cultura, para así mostrar cómo se da el proceso de la constitución psíquica. Proponemos que el estado de desamparo está asociado a la inseguridad y a la ausencia de garantías provenidas del otro.

During an unannounced encounter between two humans and a proactive humanoid (NAO, Aldebaran Robotics), we study the dependencies between the human partners' affective experience (measured via the answers to a questionnaire) particularly regarding feeling familiar and feeling frightened, and their arm and head motion [frequency and smoothness using Inertial Measurement Units (IMU)]. NAO starts and ends its interaction with its partners by non-verbally greeting them hello (bowing) and goodbye (moving its arm). The robot is invested with a real and useful task to perform: handing each participant an envelope containing a questionnaire they need to answer. NAO's behavior varies from one partner to the other (Smooth with X vs. Resisting with Y). The results show high positive correlations between feeling familiar while interacting with the robot and: the frequency and smoothness of the human arm movement when waving back goodbye, as well as the smoothness of the head during the whole encounter. Results also show a negative dependency between feeling frightened and the frequency of the human arm movement when waving back goodbye. The principal component analysis (PCA) suggests that, in regards to the various motion measures examined in this paper, the head smoothness and the goodbye gesture frequency are the most reliable measures when it comes to considering the familiar experienced by the participants. The PCA also points out the irrelevance of the goodbye motion frequency when investigating the participants' experience of fear in its relation to their motion characteristics. The results are discussed in light of the major findings of studies on body movements and postures accompanying specific emotions.

In forensic person recognition tasks, mistakes in the identification of unfamiliar faces occur frequently. This study explored whether these errors might arise because observers are poor at judging their ability to recognize unfamiliar faces, and also whether they might conflate the recognition of familiar and unfamiliar faces. Across two experiments, we found that observers could predict their ability to recognize famous but not unfamiliar faces. Moreover, observers seemed to partially conflate these abilities by adjusting ability judgements for famous faces after a test of unfamiliar face recognition (Experiment 1) and vice versa (Experiment 2). These findings suggest that observers have limited insight into their ability to identify unfamiliar faces. These experiments also show that judgements of recognition abilities are malleable and can generalize across different face categories.

A key question in cognitive neuroscience is how the brain combines low-level features processed in remote sensory cortices to represent meaningful multisensory objects in our everyday environment. Models of visual object processing typically assume a feedforward cascade through the hierarchically organized ventral stream. We contrasted this feedforward view with an alternate hypothesis in which object processing is viewed as an interactive, feedforward and feedback process. We found that higher-order regions in anterior temporal (AT) and inferior prefrontal cortex (IPC) performed audio-visual (AV) integration 100 ms earlier than a sensory-driven region in the posterior occipital (pO) cortex, and were modulated by semantic variables (congruency), from as early as 50-100 ms. We propose that the brain represents familiar and complex multisensory objects through early interactivity between higher-order and sensory-driven regions. This interactivity may underpin the enhanced behavioral performance reported for semantically congruent AV objects.

Las Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos presentan características diferenciales que junto a la gravedad médica del paciente pueden contribuir a que el ingreso en las mismas constituya una experiencia estresante y disruptiva para las personas implicadas. Desde este marco, la presente tesis doctoral se centra en el análisis del grado de afectación psicológica de pacientes y familiares de UCI, valorando el posible papel modulador de distintos factores en dicha afectación. De esta manera se pretende mejorar el bienestar y calidad de vida de las personas que, por diversas circunstancias, se ven sometidas al impacto de la experiencia del ingreso en una Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, bien como pacientes bien como familiares., Differentiating characteristics of the Intensive Care Units and the medical severity of the patient in this context could contribute to become the admission to these units in a very stressful and disruptive experience for those involved. Within this framework, the thesis focuses on the analysis of the psychological distress of ICU patients and families, assessing the possible modulatory role of different factors in such distress. In this sense, our objective would be to improve the welfare and the quality of life of people who, for various reasons, suffer the impact of this experience being patient or relative in an ICU.

What does it take to increase the consumption of meat substitutes and attract new consumers? We identified main barriers and drivers by a consumer survey (n= 553) in the U.K. and the Netherlands. Person-related factors (food neophobia and food choice motives) and product-related attitudes and beliefs towards meat and meat substitutes were compared between non-users (n= 324), light/medium-users (n= 133) and heavy-users of meat substitutes (n= 96). Consumer acceptance was largely determined by the attitudes and beliefs towards meat substitutes and food neophobia. Key barriers for non-users and light/medium-users were the unfamiliarity with meat substitutes and the lower sensory attractiveness compared to meat. In addition, non-users had a higher tendency to avoid new foods. Hence, the less consumers were using meat substitutes, the more they wanted these products to be similar to meat. Although non-users and light/medium-users did recognize the ethical and weight-control aspects of meat substitutes, this was obviously less relevant to them. Actually, only heavy-users had high motivations to choose ethical foods, which explains their choice for meat substitutes. In order to make meat substitutes more attractive to meat consumers, we would not recommend to focus on communication of ethical arguments, but to significantly improve the sensory quality and resemblance to meat Refereed/Peer-reviewed

The occipital face area (OFA) is face-selective. This enhanced activation to faces could reflect either generic face and shape-related processing or high-level conceptual processing of identity. Here we examined these two possibilities using a state-dependent transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) paradigm. The lateral occipital (LO) cortex which is activated non-selectively by various types of objects served as a control site. We localized OFA and LO on a per-participant basis using functional MRI. We then examined whether TMS applied to either of these regions affected the ability of participants to decide whether two successively presented and physically different face images were of the same famous person or different famous people. TMS was applied during the delay between first and second face presentations to investigate whether neuronal populations in these regions played a causal role in mediating the behavioral effects of identity repetition. Behaviorally we found a robust identity repetition effect, with shorter reaction times (RTs) when identity was repeated, regardless of the fact that the pictures were physically different. Surprisingly, TMS applied over LO (but not OFA) modulated overall RTs, compared to the No-TMS condition. But critically, we found no effects of TMS to either area that were modulated by identity repetition. Thus, we found no evidence to suggest that OFA or LO contain neuronal representations selective for the identity of famous faces which play a causal role in identity processing. Instead, these brain regions may be involved in the processing of more generic features of their preferred stimulus categories.

The goal of this study was to test if apprentice readers (6-7 to 7-8 years old) and beginner readers (8-9 to 10-11 years old) perceive syllabic units in written words. The paradigm of illusory conjunctions was used because it can determine the infra-lexical units identified at the first steps of the written stimuli process. Two experiments were conducted on children from the first (6-7 years old) to the last years (10-11 years old) of the learning-to-read process. Results have shown that children perceive syllables in letter sequences as soon as the end of the first year of the learning-to-read process. The perception of these units is the result of two information sources: the syllabic phonology and the orthographic redundancy. The syllable could then be a pertinent unit in the learning-to-read process.

El artículo trata de la articulación entre la psicología y los problemas de las relaciones amorosas y la sintomatología física. La evolución social está cambiando las relaciones familiares y las relaciones amorosas. Al tiempo los problemas, conflictos o trastornos de personalidad están aumentando. Ambas cosas alteran la capacidad de establecer relaciones amorosas sólidas y estables. Mucho del sufrimiento físico que llega a la consulta del médico tiene que ver con problemas de amor y desamor. El médico debe de conocer estos problemas para ayudar a sus pacientes a interpretar su patología y buscar soluciones.

Objective : to analyze the relation between old aged hospitalized, their familiar and team of nursing in the Unit of Medical Clinic of a university hospital. Methodology : qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study, whose data they had been gotten through half-structuralized interviews. Nine professionals of nursing and six old aged with their accompanying had participated of the study. Results : After the analysis of the data originary categories of the aged and familiar workers and/the accompanying ones had been verified. Conclusion : From the results the presentation of a course was proposal/qualification for the improvement of the care of nursing, leaving of the interest of the workers and its suggestions. Descriptors : nursing; professionals; aged; familiar; hospital. RESUMO Objetivo : analisar a relacao entre idosos hospitalizados, seus familiares e a equipe de enfermagem na Unidade de Clinica Medica de um hospital universitario. Metodologia : pesquisa qualitativa, exploratoria e descritiva, cujos dados foram obtidos atraves de entrevistas semi-estruturadas. Participaram do estudo nove profissionais de enfermagem e seis idosos com seus respectivos familiares. Resultados : apos a analise dos dados verificaram-se categorias originarias dos trabalhadores e dos idosos e seus familiares. Conclusao : a partir dos resultados foi proposta a apresentacao de um curso de capacitacao para a melhoria do cuidado de enfermagem, partindo do interesse dos trabalhadores e de suas sugestoes. Descritores : enfermagem; profissionais; idosos; familiares; hospital. RESUMEN Objetivo : analizar la relacion entre el anciano hospitalizado, sus familiares y el equipo de enfermeria en la unidad de la clinica medica de un hospital universitario. Metodologia : investigacion cualitativa, exploratoria y descriptiva, a cual los datos fueran logrados con entrevistas pre-estructuradas. Participaran de este estudio nueve profesionales de enfermeria y seis ancianos con sus respectivos familiares/acompanantes. Resultados : Despues del analisis de los datos fue verificado categorias originarias de los trabajadores y de los ancianos y sus familiares/acompanantes. Conclusion : Partiendo de los resultados fue propuesta la presentacion de una oficina de calificacion para la mejora del cuidado de la enfermeria, partiendo del interes de los trabajadores y de sus sugerencias. Descriptores : enfermeria; profesionales; ancianos; familiares; hospital.