Objective: to describe the influence of elderly groups on the sexuality of the elderly. Methodology: This is a descriptive, exploratory study, with a qualitative approach, carried out with 15 elderly people participating in a group of senior citizens. The data were collected in October 2014, using the creative-sensitive method, with the realization of the almanac dynamics and submitted to the analysis of the Pe...
Objective: to characterize hospitalized elderly people according to the dimensions proposed by the Neuman Systems Model. Method: an extract from a qualitative study, based on the Convergent Care Research proposal, developed in a teaching hospital with 30 elderly people. Data production took place from November, 2016 to August, 2017 through a conversation interview, guided by a research protocol, and analyzed in...
The falls suffered by the elderly are considered a public health problem. They can cause proximal femoral fracture which, usually, it is treated by surgery. The recovery of this procedure demands specific cares in the post-surgery. The objective was to develop a protocol of service to the care and the Education in Health in the post-surgery period of the elderly people hospitalized which experienced proximal fe...
Identifying scientific evidence on factors that potentiate and limit health education for the elderly experiencing a fall is the goal of this study. Integrative review conducted in the PubMed and LILACS databases in May 2015, selecting 15 articles. Evident factors that enhance health education to elderlies who fell, as bond construction and the ability of professionals, and factors that limit this process, as t...
Aim: to characterize and verify the fragility of the elderly in outpatient chemotherapy treatment in a university hospital of southern Brazil, and to identify the association between fragility and the following variables: chemotherapeutic effect, treatment time and selfreported diseases. Method: cross-sectional study conducted with 70 elderly in the chemotherapy outpatient, from August to September 2014 by mean...
This study aimed to describe the care of the elderly and the participation of the family in the conservative treatment of diabetic nephropathy. This is a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study developed with twelve people, from which six were elderly patients with diabetic nephropathy in conservative treatment, followed in a nephrology ambulatory and a family member. Data collection occurred from August...
This study aims to know the experience of family caregivers responsible for the peritoneal dialysis procedure at home. Qualitative search conducted with eight family caregivers of patients who had peritoneal dialysis at home, linked to a clinic in Rio Grande do Sul. The data collection happened through a semi-structured interview between April and May 2009. The data was submitted to thematic analysis from which...
Aim: to describe the perceptions of people with chronic kidney insufficiency in pre-dialysis treatment about the progress of disease. Method: qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research developed in an ambulatory of uremia of a public hospital in South of Brazil. Fifteen people participated with chronic kidney insufficiency in predialysis treatment. The narrative interview of experience was utilized to co...
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior; This study aimed to: describe the perception of the elderly in pre-dialysis treatment about the care provided by him family; describe the family's perception about the care provided to the elderly in pre-dialysis treatment; and describe the dynamics of families that living with an elderly in pre-dialysis treatment. It is a qualitative and descriptive ...
Este estudo tem como objetivo conhecer a vivência de familiares cuidadores na condição de responsáveis pela realização da diálise peritoneal domiciliar. Pesquisa qualitativa realizada com oito familiares cuidadores de pacientes que estavam em diálise peritoneal domiciliar, vinculados a uma clínica, no interior do Rio Grande do Sul. A coleta dos dados ocorreu por meio de entrevista semiestruturada nos meses de a...