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...
Objective: to understand the living of elderly people after the occurrence of a Stroke (FAST). Method: qualitative and descriptive research. Data collected between January and March 2018 in three Family Health Strategies (FHS), through semi-structured interviews with elderly people, stroke victims, whose information was analyzed according to thematic analysis. Results: the data allowed the construction of three...
Aim: to describe how the workers from a Long-Term Care Institution for the Elderly perceive the role and participation of the family in the lives of institutionalized elderly. Methods: qualitative research undertaken with 16 workers from the Long-Term Care Institution for the Elderly. The data were collected through a semi-structured interview and used thematic analysis. Results: it was verified that the family...
To identify positive and negative situations experienced by family caregivers of elderly people assisted in a Home Care Service. Method: qualitative study, with data collection from march to may 2015, carried out through a sociodemographic form and semi-structured interview, submitted to the analysis of thematic content and organized into two categories, according to the Critical Incident Technique. Results: ei...
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...
Objective: understanding the care practices of health professionals caring for older adults living with cancer in outpatient treatment. Methods: a qualitative research conducted in a hematology oncology outpatient clinic in southern Brazil. A semi-structured interview was conducted with 15 older adults. Data were submitted to thematic analysis. Results: a category of care practice of health professionals amongs...
Objetivo: compreender as práticas assistenciais dos profissionais de saúde com idosos que convivem com câncer em tratamento ambulatorial. Métodos: pesquisa qualitativa, realizada em um ambulatório de hemato oncologia do Sul do Brasil. Realizou-se entrevista semiestruturada com 15 idosos. Os dados foram submetidos à análise temática.Resultados: emergiu a categoria: a prática assistencial dos profissionais da saú...
Objective : understanding the care practices of health professionals caring for older adults living with cancer in outpatient treatment. Methods : a qualitative research conducted in a hematology oncology outpatient clinic in southern Brazil. A semi-structured interview was conducted with 15 older adults. Data were submitted to thematic analysis. Results : a category of care practice of health professionals amo...