Resultados: 15

Living with an intestinal ostomy and urinary incontinence

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand how aged people with intestinal ostomies experience this situation together with urinary incontinence. Method: a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research study, developed with 77 aged individuals with intestinal ostomies assisted by the Unified Health System...

Dementia in institutionalized elderly: a nursing team's experiences and perceptions

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand nursing workers' experiences with the nursing care provided to elderly individuals with dementia living in a long-term care facility. Method: comprehensive qualitative study conducted in a long-term care facility located in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, from July...

Meaning of care for resident older adults, family members and professionals working in long-term care institutions

ABSTRACT Objective to understand the meaning of care from the perspective of resident older adults, family members and professionals from Long-Term Care Institutions for Older Adults. Method a descriptive and exploratory study with a qualitative approach, developed with 14 resident older adults, 35 fam...

O envelhecimento ativo e a promoção da saúde

Objetivo: identificar a produção científica sobre o envelhecimento ativo. Método: trata-se de um estudo bibliográfico, descritivo, tipo revisão integrativa, sem delimitação temporal, a partir da busca nas bases de dados LILACS, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus e Biblioteca Virtual SciELO. Analisou-se some...

Institutionalized elderly people with dementia: an integrative review on nursing care

Rev. bras. enferm; 73 (supl.3), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: To ascertain the characteristics of the nursing care provided to institutionalized elderly people with dementia. Methods: Integrative review of studies published between 2013 and 2017, in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, from the databases BDENF, LILACS, CINAHL, PubMed, SciELO, TRI...

Repercussions of hospitalization due to fall of the elderly: health care and prevention

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (supl.2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To know the repercussions of the fall reported by the elderly and their caregiver during hospitalization in a public hospital in Florianópolis city from October to December 2014. Method: Exploratory research with a qualitative approach, conducted by depth interviews with 16 partici...

Queda de idosos: desvelando situações de vulnerabilidade

REME rev. min. enferm; 21 (), 2017
O envelhecimento populacional tem impactado nas situações de vulnerabilidade a que os idosos estão expostos. No âmbito dos agravos externos, encontra-se a queda como evento acidental e multifatorial, de relevante preocupação tanto nas áreas da saúde, quanto social, pois proporcional ao aumento da...

Mutual help group for family members of older adults with dementia: unveiling perspectives

Texto & contexto enferm; 26 (2), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: to understanding the reasons why members of a Mutual Help Group for family caregivers of older adults with Dementia participate in it and to identify the difficulties and benefits of such participation. Method: a qualitative exploratory descriptive study with data collected throug...

Urinary incontinence in elderly people: care practices and care proposal in primary health care

Texto & contexto enferm; 26 (2), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: identify the knowledge and care practices concerning urinary incontinence in elderly women and develop a care proposal for these women for the purpose of health promotion in Primary Health Care. Method: a qualitative, convergent care research was undertaken. The data were collecte...

Combining various forms of treatment to health: a study of elderly in primary care

Texto & contexto enferm; 25 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT The study aimed to analyze the contextual conditions that influence the use of medications in elderly assisted in primary health care. Qualitative study with contribution of Grounded Theory, held in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, where 30 elderly patients on medications were interviewe...