Reflect on the possible factors that contribute to active aging, and on strategies that can be used by nurses and other health professionals to promote active aging(1111 Ilha S, Argenta C, Silva MRS, Cezar-Vaz MR, Pelzer MT, Backes DS. Active aging: necessary reflections for nurse/health professional. Rev Pesq: Cuid Fundam [Internet]. 2016[cited 2016 Aug 03];8(2):4231-42. Available from: http://www.seer.unirio.br/index.php/cuidadofundamental/article/view/4242/pdf_1863
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Reflections on the contributions of nursing to aging |
Intervention strategies need to be developed to modify the current configuration that based on curative and rehabilitation actions instead of health promotion for healthy aging. |
The objective was to perform a critical analysis in relation to gerontological and geriatric education(11 Guimarães DBO, Figueiredo MLF, Castro Vieira LCS. Teaching gerontogeriatric-geriatric undergraduate: a reflection on contributions and implications for nursing. Rev Enferm UFPI [Internet]. 2013[cited 2016 Jun 20];2(3):93-8. Available from: http://www.revistas.ufpi.br/index.php/reufpi/article/view/1037
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Help prepare specific health professionals to care for elderly people |
The purpose of this study was to alert nursing professionals, students, and professors to the difficulties and challenges that exist in the area of elderly health, which, in addition to influencing teaching, enable a better understanding of the work environments, attitudes of professionals and options for improving the performance of these professionals. |
Address the topic of elderly people in long-term care facilities in relation to successful aging and quality of life(1212 Bentes ACO, Pedroso JS, Maciel CAB. The elderly in long-stay institutions: a bibliographic review. Aletheia [Internet]. 2012[cited 2016 Aug 12];196-205. Available from: http://pepsic.bvsalud.org/pdf/aletheia/n38-39/n38-39a16.pdf
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Present evidence of successful aging in long-term care facilities (LTCF) |
Institutionalization is an issue that has generated extensive discussion. On the one hand, long-term care facilities whose purpose is to protect and care for the elderly, and on the other, elderly people facing new adaptations, both experience moments of transitoriness that also require recognition of their demands and needs. Although long-term care facilities for the elderly are typically care-based, there is a major movement to transform this paradigm in a positive way to make them welcoming environments conducive to new starts in life. |
Assess the contribution of the use of significant resources during free times, for changes in the lifestyle of elderly people residing in long-term care facilities(1313 Balla E, Scortegagna HM. Use of free time through expressive resources: contribution to an elderly institutionalized group. Estud Interdiscipl Envelhec [Internet] 2013[cited 2016 Aug 15];19(2):471-84. Available from: http://www.seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/RevEnvelhecer/article/view/41294/32759
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Presentation of non-technical or technological models for health promotion |
The study shows that simple measures such as fun workshops and interpersonal relationships can help improve the stay and well- being of elderly people in LTCF. |
Enhance the quality of life of elderly people(1414 Freitas CASL, Silva MJ, Vieira NFC, Ximenes LB, Brito MDCC, Amaral GF. Evidence of nursing actions in health promotion for an active aging: integrative review. Estud Interdiscipl Envelhec [Internet]. 2010[cited 2016 Aug 01];15(2):265-77. Available from: http://www.seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/RevEnvelhecer/article/view/12836/11549
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Educational actions that help provide better care |
Health promotion is essential for active aging and proposes the existence of a relationship between culture and health, favoring the acquisition of knowledge of nursing actions, with an emphasis on the interpersonal relationship between nurses and the elderly, based on communication and ethical principles. |
Understand the nursing expectations of elderly people in basic care and indicate the needs of the elderly in this context(1515 Lima CA, Tocantins FR. Healthcare needs of the aged: perspectives for nursing. Rev Bras Enferm [Internet]. 2009[cited 2016 Aug 05];62(3):367-73. Available from: http://www.scielo.br/pdf/reben/v62n3/06.pdf
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Care based on listening to the other, as opposed to only investing in techniques |
Nursing activities with elderly people within the context of basic care involve ongoing dialogue, since it is an intersubjective experience, i.e., the central focus is people - elderly people and nursing professionals. Therefore, an understanding attitude on the part of nurses is essential for promoting the well-being and health of elderly people, since the latter experience satisfaction when receiving care from people who show their human side. |
Reflect on the necessary humanization of elderly care practices, as well as the training of formal caregivers and the urgent readaptation of the organizational structures of facilities that provide care and support to elderly people and their family members(1616 Fragoso V. Humanization of the cares to be given to the institutionalized elder. Rev IGT [Internet]. 2008[cited 2016 Aug 10];5(8):51-61. Available from: http://www.igt.psc.br/ojs/viewarticle.php?id=178&layout=html
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Perception of the humanization of care given to elderly people |
It is necessary to insert other dimensions of values and attitudes to enrich the vision for elderly care in long-term care facilities, in order to achieve more beneficial results that represent, in a unique way, what elderly people are entitled to as human beings. Surveillance of the health of the elderly and follow-up should be continuous, combining specific professional knowledge of geriatrics/gerontology and the beliefs commonly held by the elderly. |
Identify the role of nurses in long-term care facilities for the elderly1717 Santos SSC, Silva BTD, Barlem ELD, Lopes RDS. The role of nurses in the seniors’ long permanence institution. Rev Enferm UFPE [Internet]. 2008[cited 2016 Aug 12];2(3):291-99. Available from: http://static.recantodasletras.com.br/arquivos/1554217.pdf
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Clarify the role of nurses and teams in long-term care facilities for the elderly |
It is important that the competent bodies that monitor nursing laws, at the national and international level, seek to guarantee the full involvement of nurses in long-term care facilities for the elderly, providing them a new field of action and ensuring better performance of activities by nursing workers. |
Describe and assess the National Policy for the Elderly in Brazil and its relationship with nursing(33 Rodrigues RAP, Kusumota L, Marques S, Fabrício SCC, Rosset-Cruz I, Lange C. National elderly care policy and nursing’s contribution. Texto Contexto Enferm [Internet]. 2006[cited 2016 Sep 08];16(3):536-45. Available from: http://www.scielo.br/pdf/tce/v16n3/a21v16n3.pdf
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Clarifications on laws and decrees for the elderly |
The study highlights nursing principles for ensuring the rights of the elderly, as well as the effective participation of nurses in nursing education improvements. |
Based on the premise that understanding the mindset of the elderly toward aging will provide nursing knowledge for their care, investigate this from a socio-poetic perspective, together with elderly people(88 Santana RF, Santos I. How to become elderly: a care model in gerontology nursing. Texto Contexto Enferm [Internet]. 2005[cited 2016 Aug 21];14(2):268-73. Available from: http://www.scielo.br/pdf/tce/v14n2/a07v14n2.pdf
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Understand aging and provide better care |
The contribution of the study involves the proposal of a socio-poetic care model that validates the hypothesis defended in this work: understanding the mindset of the elderly by the research group reveals the process of acceptance or denial of old age, demonstrating that people, in the continuity of life, do not want to be old (undesirable), but rather become elderly (age with well-being). |
Reflect on the meaning of care of hospitalized elderly in the reality of nursing(22 Brum AKR, Tocantins FR, Silva TJES. The nurse as an action tool in care for the aged. Rev Latino-Am Enferm [Internet]. 2005[cited 2016 Jun 20];13(6):1019-26. Available from: http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rlae/v13n6/v13n6a15.pdf
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Present ways of caring that surpass technology, at times when caring extends beyond curing |
This study concludes that nursing care actions encompass the acts and attitudes of the person-nurse, which are delineated by experiences and values over the course of life. |
