CALGARY MODEL OF FAMILY ASSESSMENT: EXPERIENCE IN A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT

Abstract

The study objective was to assess the family structure, functioning and development based on the emergence of a chronic condition. Qualitative study, developed in two families that were monitored through a community service project. The Calgary Model of Family Assessment was applied, which proposes the use of three analysis categories: structural, developmental and functional, besides the genogram and ecomap. One family is nuclear and the other consists of a single individual. Through the application of the model, the differences in family support for the chronic condition and the coping of the individual without family could be identified. Aging poses challenges that need to be experienced and, for elderly people living along, these confrontations are aggravated by the fact that they are deprived of any company.

Keywords

• Family
• Chronic disease
• Nursing