Interinstitutional study of accion research approach, had the objective of adapting, testing and evaluating caretative technology from the mutual help group for patients with Parkinson's disease and their families, in the context of Jequié, BA and Florianopolis, SC by focusing on social inclusion and relations network. Fourteen patients participated in each context, who were submitted to the study of the mentioned technology effectiveness. Its development had place during two semesters in 2007. It was applied the Modified Minimum Map of Relations by Sluzki which identifies the relationships as indicative of potential social support. This application was performed in pre and post technology implementations for data comparison to measure the changes. Results showed that mutual help group technology, associated or not to other caretative technologies, contributes to maintain or enlarge the network of social support and favoring the parkinsonians social inclusion.
Caring technology; Parkinson disease; Self-help groups; Aged
