Quando comparados com os idosos não institucionalizados, os institucionalizados apresentam um maior risco de queda. Esta resulta de interações complexas entre fatores intrínsecos e extrínsecos, constituindo assim, um problema de saúde pública que tem repercussões tanto para o idoso como para a fa...

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Texto & contexto enferm; 30 (), 2021

ABSTRACT Objectives: to describe the development and validation of the Scale of Practices of Evaluation of Fall Risk Factors during Institutionalization of Elderly People and to describe the practices of evaluation of communication of fall risks to institutionalized elderly people. Methods: methodolo...

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Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 48 (spe2), 2014

The objective of this study was to evaluate the perception of the elderly residents of a long-stay nursing home on the process of institutionalization. We interviewed 14 subjects, five women and nine men, aged between 60 and 92 years. Data collection was conducted with a semi-structured sociodemographic ...

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