Space and movement of the caregiver of the person with motor disabilities

Abstract

Objective: To analyze and describe the motion space and caregivers of people with motor disabilities. Methodology: Qualitative research approach was exploratory and descriptive; the informants were four caregivers of people with motor disabilities hospitalized in the Neurological Rehabilitation Service, data were collected through in-depth interview, which was recorded, transcribed and analyzed on the basis discourse analysis. Results: Analytical theory emerged two categories: space and movement, with the subcategories to space: the need to bathe the person and need to give the person exercises and the second category with the subcategory movement, upward movement. Conclusions: The space of the caregiver of the person with motor disabilities focuses on self-care activities such as: bathing, feeding, communication, mobilization and therapies, and movement manifests itself through the interactive process of care.