Board games: gerotechnology in nursing care practice

This was a qualitative, convergent care study conducted with 32 older adults. Individual interviews, creativity and sensitivity techniques, group discussions, and participant observations guided by Paulo Freire’s theoretical framework of problematization were used to produce data. The participants and researchers assessed the entire production process at the end of the study, after the gerotechnology was implemented in the groups. French discourse analysis was adopted.

Results:

Patented under registration no. BR 1020160107725, the game was created as a technological product based on the discussions with older adults, considering the conceptions, knowledge and practices shared by them about aging.

Final considerations:

The gerotechnology implemented in clinical nursing practices functioned as a playful resource to exercise self-determination and independence among older adults, boosting memory, self-esteem, socialization processes, exchanging experiences and shared learning.

Descriptors:
Geriatric Nursing; Biomedical Technology; Health of the Elderly; Culturally Competent Care; Health Education

Stage	Goal	Strategy
Stage 1	Publicizing the activities: inaugural class of the UnATI semester¹ 1 Open University for Older Adults; and enrollment of older adults into available modules.	Sensitizing UnATI older adults by giving a lecture about the importance of active and healthy aging.
	Selecting participants: eligibility for the study based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria.	Administering instruments: BADL² 2 Basic Activities of Daily Living; , IADL³ 3 Instrumental Activities of Daily Living; and MMSE⁴ 4 Mini-Mental State Examination; .
	Individual interviews with participants. The objectives of the study were repeated and questions were answered, as occurred throughout the entire process of developing the group activities and data production.	Structured form to collect sociodemographic data, health problems and social risk of participants, and information about prior experience with group or individual educational activities.
Stage 2	Forming convergence groups	Forming groups with 7-12 participants, splitting into 2 female groups and one mixed-gender group.
Stage 3	First meeting: Introductions and the first conversation circle about "Active and Healthy Aging"	Activity called "Chain of names", Creativity and Sensitivity Technique (CST5) called Almanac, and script for conducting dialogue/reflection about the theme.
	Second meeting: Conversation circle based on the knowledge and practices regarding the central theme; group vote on the types of games that can be used to better assimilate the content.	Activity called "This reminds me of..."Dialogued Lecture
	Third meeting: Using the game constructed based on the knowledge and practices of the older adults.	Playing the game as a playful care strategy.
	Fourth meeting: Conversation circle to evaluate the implemented strategy.	Use of a script with open-ended questions regarding the participation in the proposed educational strategy and application of the Almanac CST technique.

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[1] CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Paula Cristina de Andrade Pires Olympio. E-mail: Paula.olympio@ufes.br