Resultados: 93

Resilience, quality of life and symptoms of depression among elderlies receiving outpatient care

Objective: to analyze the relation between resilience and demographic variables, quality of life and symptoms of depression in elderlies attended at a Geriatric Outpatient Clinic. Method: analytical cross-sectional study, conducted with 148 elderlies, with a questionnaire of sociodemographic and health ...

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...

Health Status of the Elderly in Life Centers

Aquichan; 19 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the sociodemographic and health characteristics of the elderly in the Life Center programs in four municipalities of the department of Meta, Colombia. Materials and Methods: Descriptive study with quantitative variables, non-probabilistic design with selection of units...

Bienestar físico y social en el hogar de ancianos Sagrado Corazón de Jesús

Enferm. Investig; 3 (4), 2018
Introducción: Los estilos de vida en la actualidad son factores predisponentes del desarrollo de riesgos biológicos, sociales y económicos, así como déficit en la seguridad alimentaria y la cultura. Todos estos factores están directamente relacionados co...

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,...

Simulação na formação em saúde: um enfoque em geriatria

Objetivo: identificar os tipos de simulação e as competências e habilidades utilizadas de forma a contemplar a atuação do profissional e a formação em saúde em geriatria. Método: revisão integrativa com busca de estudos nas bases de dados SCOPUS, CINAHL e MEDLINE/PUBMED. Resultados: os tipos si...

Qualidade de vida de idosos residentes em instituições privadas

Objetivo: avaliar a qualidade de vida de idosos residentes em instituições de longa permanência de alto padrão econômico. Método: estudo quantitativo, transversal, realizado com 101 idosos de quatro instituições privadas. Os dados foram coletados com o uso do instrumento World Health Organization...