ABSTRACT Objective: To identify interventions for the health promotion of frail elderly individuals and those at risk of frailty. Method: Integrative review of the literature performed in the following databases: LILACS, CINAHL, MEDLINE, Web of Science, COCHRANE and Scopus, using the Descriptors: "fra...
ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the development of a device to prevent falling for seniors when using the toilet. Method: we sought in literature and in the hospital market for a device to prevent falling, without success. Geriatric nurses, in partnership with the hospital engineering team, elaborated ...
ABSTRACT Objectives: To analyze and reflect on the potential applicability of the contribution of the physical resilience conceptual model of Whitson et al. in the care for older adults. Method: The present article of reflection was structured based on the consultation of articles and definition of inh...
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyse the link between the non-frailty condition and the results of driving license for elderly people to drive motor vehicles. Method: cross-sectional study with data collection in the sample period from August 2015 to March 2016. Study performed with 347 elderlies (≥60 ...
ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate the association between frailty with hospitalization and institutionalization in a follow-up study of elderly residents. Method: the follow-up study was performed in 2008 and 2013 with elderly of both genders, aged 65 years and older who were living in the community-d...
RESUMO Objetivo: investigar a associação entre fragilidade física e qualidade de vida de idosos usuários da atenção básica de saúde da capital paranaense. Método: estudo quantitativo transversal realizado com 203 idosos. Os dados foram coletados mediante questionários de nível de atividade f...
RESUMO Objetivo: verificar a prevalência e os fatores associados à fragilidade em idosos não institucionalizados residentes ao norte de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Método: a coleta de dados ocorreu no domicílio em 2013, a partir de uma amostragem censitária por conglomerado. Foram analisadas variáveis...