INTRODUÇÃO: Dados recentes indicam que o aumento da longevidade exige das pessoas idosas mudanças estruturais radicais no seu modo de vida que afectam diversos aspectos do seu dia-a-dia, desde a alimentação aos seus hábitos e práticas. As quedas são um problema complexo na população idosa, porq...
ABSTRACT Objectives: to describe the development and validation of the Scale of Practices of Evaluation of Fall Risk Factors during Institutionalization of Elderly People and to describe the practices of evaluation of communication of fall risks to institutionalized elderly people. Methods: methodolo...
Introduction
Falls in the elderly represent important alterations in functionality and are given by intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors, which constitute an increase in morbidity and mortality, so a
preventive care plan must be carried out.
Objective
To describe the risk factors associated with falls of...
Introducción
El incremento acelerado de la población adulta a nivel global, ha dado un cambio demográfico
que impacta en la esperanza de vida al nacer y que se espera que para el 2100 se encuentre en 90
años. Para el adulto mayor el mejor indicador de salud es su estado funcional, el riesgo de perder...
ABSTRACT Objectives To describe personal conditions and home structure that predisposes the elderly to the risk of falling, in the perspective of Neuman's stressors; to describe the content, structure and origin of social representations about falling at home by elderly people; and conjecture the implic...
