Resultados: 5

A Competency-based Approach to Promoting Effective Hand Hygiene in Longterm Care Facilities

Investig. enferm; 24 (), 2022
Introduction: Long-term care facilities comprise a large proportion of healthcare service users due to the increasing ageing population. Healthcare-associated infections constitute a major burden in long-term care facilities and are associated with significant infectious disease outbreaks and mortality. ...

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,...

Gerontological contributions to the care of elderly people in long-term care facilities

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (supl.2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze Brazilian scientific productions from the last 11 years which show the contributions of nursing to elderly people in long-term care facilities. Method: This is an integrative literature review. The search took place in the Virtual Health Library (VHL) in the BDENF and LIL...

Falls in long-term care institutions for elderly people: protocol validation

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objectives: To validate the content of a fall management risk protocol in long-term institutions for elderly people. Methods: Methodological, quanti-qualitative study using the Delphi technique. The tool, based on the literature, was sent electronically to obtain consensus among the 14 experts...

Falls in institutionalized older adults: risks, consequences and antecedents

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the occurrence of falls in institutionalized elderly addressing the risks, consequences and antecedents. Method: Cross-sectional study carried out with 45 older adults in Long-Term Care Facilities for the Older adult in João Pessoa, Brazil, in June and July 2016. A socio...