Objective:
To learn the perception of health professors who integrate a university project to support family/caregivers of elderly people with Alzheimer disease about the family (re)organization based on its complexity.
Methods:
Descriptive and exploratory study with qualitative approach made with health professionals who participate in a support group developed in a university institution in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Data was collected between July and August of 2013, through focus group technique and submitted to strategic focus analysis.
Results:
Three categories were identified: Alzheimer - singular and multidimensional process; Factors that weaken the family (re)organization; Strategies that strengthen family (re)organization.
Conclusion:
The professionals recognize that the family (re)organization is a complex, gradual and singular process, understood as long as the alterations generated by the disease appear.
Alzheimer's disease; Nonlinear dynamics; Health personnel; Nursing