Resultados: 572

Health education with older adults: action research with primary care professionals

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the development and implementation of permanent education action. Method: Quantitative-qualitative research based on action research in three phases (diagnosis of reality, implementation of activity and evaluation), performed with health professionals and managers of basic...

Elderly who take care of elderly: a study on the Frailty Syndrome

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: Identifying prevalence of frailty in elderly caregivers inserted in a high social vulnerability context and its correlation with sociodemographic and health aspects. Method: Descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional study. Forty elderly caregivers were evaluated with: questionn...

Nursing diagnosis in older adults with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the main nursing diagnoses (NSs) in older adult patients under hemodialysis treatment. Method: Exploratory research using case studies in data collection performed by interview and physical examination of older adults, in the first semester of 2016. Were included twenty-...

Deaths among the elderly with ICU infections

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the clinical outcome of elderly patients admitted to intensive care units who had nosocomial infection, correlating the findings with sociodemographic and clinical variables. Method: descriptive research, performed with 308 elderly patients. The collection was made from ...

Stress and optimism of elderlies who are caregivers for elderlies and live with children

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the relation between stress and optimism of elderlies who are informal caregivers for elderlies and live with children. Method: cross-sectional study on 50 elderlies who provide care to elderlies, live with children, and are registered in the primary health care. The int...

Vulnerability of caregivers of the elderly with dementia: a cross-sectional descriptive study

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the sociodemographic and clinical profile of the caregivers and its relation with the overburden from the care of the elderly with dementia. Method: a cross-sectional descriptive study; the sample was non-probabilistic, developed with caregivers of elderly people with de...

Complex educational and care (geron)technology for elderly individuals/families experiencing Alzheimer's disease

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the contributions of the Integrated Multidisciplinary Care Group for Caregivers of Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease as an educational and care (geron)technology in the context of Alzheimer's disease in elderly individuals from the perspective of family members/caregiv...

Hospitalization of people 50 years old or older living with HIV/AIDS

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: Identify the rate and predictive factors of the hospitalization of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA), aged 50 years or older. Method: A quantitative, cross-sectional study was conducted at two inpatient units specialized in infectious diseases in a teaching hospital. Data were gath...

Association between filial responsibility when caring for parents and the caregivers overload

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the association between filial responsibility and the overload of the children when caring for their older parents. Method: Cross-sectional study with 100 caregiver children of older adults. Filial liability was assessed by the attitudes of the responsible child (scale of...

Estilos de vida: representações sociais construídas por doentes com infarto do miocárdio e familiares

Rev. gaúch. enferm; 38 (2), 2017
RESUMO Objetivo Analisar as representações sociais de estilos de vida construídas por familiares e doentes com diagnóstico de infarto do miocárdio. Método Estudo exploratório e qualitativo sustentado na teoria das representações sociais, com 70 doentes e 70 familiares, de dois hospitais port...