Resultados: 25

Gerontotechnology for fall prevention of the elderly with Parkinson

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to develop the gerontological nursing care process among the elderly with Parkinson's disease, aiming at the promotion of health through the creation of gerontotechnologies for fall prevention. Method: Convergent Care Research was used as a methodological route. Data were collected ...

Hospital care and urinary incontinence in the elderly

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify factors inherent in hospital care that favor urinary incontinence in the elderly. Method: an integrative review with Scopus, CINAHL and Pubmed searches. Includes original articles, no language restriction, published between 2008 and 2018. Rated level of recommendation an...

Nurses defending the autonomy of the elderly at the end of life

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to understand how nurses deal with the elderly's autonomy at the end of life. Method: qualitative, exploratory study, guided by the Grounded Theory. Ten nurses, eight doctors and 15 nursing technicians were interviewed between November 2016 and May 2017 at a university hospital in R...

Being an institutionalized elderly person: meaning of experiences based on Heidegger's phenomenology

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: Analyze the meaning of being an elderly person living in a long-term institution. Method: Qualitative study based on Martin Heidegger's thought. Twelve phenomenological interviews were conducted with people aged over 60 years living in a long-term institution for the elderly in the ...

Social representations of the elderly about HIV/AIDS

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (5), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the representational content about HIV/AIDS among seropositive elderly people. Method: a qualitative study carried out from April to May 2017, in the city of Recife/PE, with 48 seropositive elderly people, through a semi-structured interview. The Social Representations...

Humanitude in the humanization of elderly care: experience reports in a health service

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the experience in the implementation of the Humanitude Care Methodology (MCH) in the humanization of care for the elderly. Methodology: This is an experience report about the implementation of the MCH, in a Health Service in Portugal, with capacity for 30 elderly people,...

Management of elderly people with Stroke: strategies based on action research

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (6), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To elaborate and implement, through an educational intervention with the nursing team of the Emergency Unit, strategies that contribute to the management of elderly people suspected/affected by Stroke. Method: Action research with eighteen nursing professionals working in the Emerge...

The meaning of religion/religiosity for the elderly

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (supl.2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the meaning of religion/religiosity for the elderly. Method: A qualitative, phenomenological study, based on Martin Heidegger. Thirteen older women registered in an Urban Social Center of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil aged between 60 and 84 years participated in the study. T...

Self-care of elderly people after the diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (supl.2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: to characterize the seropositive elderly for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in their socio-demographic aspects; to understand how the elderly take care of themselves from the diagnosis of HIV/AIDS. Method: Qualitative, descriptive,...

Educational technology: a facilitating instrument for the elderly care

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (supl.2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To develop educational technology with caregivers of older people based on the needs, difficulties and concerns related to the elderly care expressed by the caregivers themselves. Method: Research of qualitative nature, with participant observation, based on concepts used by Paulo F...