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Karla Giacomin

Cuidadosa?Brazilian Care Association

Karla Giacomin

I’m a geriatrician from Brazil. I’ve been working as a geriatrician at the Municipal Health Department of the City of Belo Horizonte since 1999, in the Coordination of Health Care for the Elderly. I’m a researcher and professor at Fiocruz, Pontifical Catholic University and Federal University of Minas Gerais. I work in academic societies of geriatrics and gerontology and I’m currently vice-president of the International Longevity Centre- Brazil.
I was president of the Brazilian Council for the rights of older people. During the pandemic of Covid-19, I led the movement of civil society called the National Front for the strengthening of ILPI, which aims to create a LTC policy in Brazil.
I am the president of Cuidadosa / Brazilian Care Association, a non profit organisation, created for promoting a culture of care and policies of care.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Countries Brazil; Cape Verde; England (UK); Peru;
Topics Access to care; Care Homes; Care inequalities; Care integration/ coordination; Community-based LTC; Dementia care and support; Evaluation of LTC systems and services; Gender and care; Governance and LTC systems organisation; Implementation; Loneliness among older people; LTC Policy; LTC Systems; LTC systems in LMIC countries;
Methods Case studies; Data science and LTC research; Discourse analysis; Ethnography; Focus groups; Grounded Theory; Literature reviews and synthesis; Policy analysis; Qualitative studies; Quasi-experimental methods; Theory of Change; Translation and cultural adaptation of instruments;
Role Research;
Interest Groups Care home markets and regulation; Community-based approaches to dementia care; Long-Term Care Policy; Quasi-experimental methods; Strengthening Responses to Dementia; Technology and Long-Term Care;
Websitehttp://cuidadosa.org
ORC.IDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9510-6953
Twitterhttps://twitter.com/kcgiacomin
LinkedInhttps://br.linkedin.com/in/karla-giacomin-03257868
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/karlagiacomin/
Research interests

Ageing, Care, public policies
Key publications

Guimarães, M. R. C., Giacomin, K. C., Ferreira, R. C., & Vargas, A. M. D. (2023). Evaluation of Long-Term Institutions for Older People in Brazil: an overview of regional inequalities. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 28, 2035-2050.

Souza, G. A. D., Giacomin, K. C., & Firmo, J. O. A. (2022). The need of care in the perspective to older people in fragility process. Cadernos Saúde Coletiva, 30(4), 486-495.

Kalache, A., Silva, A. D., Giacomin, K. C., Lima, K. C. D., Ramos, L. R., Louvison, M., & Veras, R. (2020). Aging and inequalities: social protection policies for older adults resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, 23(06), e200122.

Castro, C. P. F. de, Aredes, J. de S., Giacomin, K. C., & Firmo, J. O. A. (2023). Greater Care Program in the face of the challenges of aging: a qualitative analysis. Revista De Saúde Pública, 57(1), 70. https://doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2023057004859

Giacomin, K. C., Boas, P. J. F. V., Domingues, M. A. R. D. C., & Wachholz, P. A. (2021). Caring throughout life: peculiarities of long-term care for public policies without ageism. Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 15, 1-3.

Pires de Andrade Lage Cabral, B., Martino Buttros, G., Leite Brito, E. M., Giacomin, K. C., & Guimarães Assis, M. (2023). End-of-life perspectives according to family caregivers of older adults with dementia: A qualitative study. Dementia, 22(2), 346-358.

Lloyd‐Sherlock, P., Giacomin, K., de Carvalho, P. F., & de Sousa, Q. N. F. (2022). Integrated long‐term care partnerships between government social care and health agencies in Brazil: The Belo Horizonte model. International Social Security Review, 75(3-4), 103-120.