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- Dependency in selfcare in the institutionalized elder: A descriptive studyPublication . Sousa, Joana; Silva, Rosa; Ferreira, Bruno; Neves, BrunoIntroduction.– Autonomy in the performance of daily living activities (DLA) are of extreme importance to the elder’s life. On pair with aging, the institutionalized elder, suffers a transition process from the changes of context from home to institution. This fact increases the elder’s dependency on self-care. By so, it is important to study the dependency degree in self-care in institutionalized elders, in order to rethink interventions to answer context changes and improve transition. Objective.– Identify the dependency degree in the institutionalized elder; explore the use of support products (SP) in self care and existance of structural barriers. Methods.– An exploratory-descriptive study, with a nonprobabilistic convinience sample was developed in two nursing homes. Instrument used was Hernâni’s Form (2009). Results.– In a total of 84 elders, averaging 87 years, with a minimum of 68 and maximum of 102 years, 45% widows, 17% analphabets, being the majority women (84%), 39% refered dependency of others as the motive for institutionalization. Bath self-care dependency was the highest self-care with dependency of the evaluated, with 79%presentedsomedegree of dependency. Eating self-careshowed the least degree of dependency (43%). Structural barriers found were steps with ramp, the SPs found were almost inexistence, being lateral support bars the most common. Conclusions.– The dependency degree of some self-cares lack interventions that target autonomy. As so, we consider that nurses should evaluate the elder’s potential for learning of new skills in order to reconstruct the process of autonomy, decreasing levels of dependency and increasing quality life.
- Elder's solitude assessment in a nursing home in PortugalPublication . Sousa, Joana; Silva, Rosa; Ferreira, Bruno; Neves, BrunoIntroduction.– With aging and loss of relatives, institutionalization is many times a resort to the elder. However, with families migrating to other countries to find work, associated to the increase in work time, decreases the number of visits to our institutionalized relative. With this solitude presents as a condition in the life of the elder. Although this fact is well known, the knowledge of the prevalence of this condition in nursing homes in Portugal is very low. In order to assess the reality in a nursing home, the Biopsicossocial Assessment Method was used.
- Falls In Elderly Community Residentes. An Inderdiagnosed Problem.Publication . Ferreira, Bruno; Almeida, Armando; Costa, Tânia; Silva, Rosa; Alves, Paulo; Pinto, Catarina
- The dimension of delirium in a continuing care unitPublication . Silva, Rosa; Ferreira, Bruno; Sousa, Joana; Neves, Hugo
- The incidence of falls in institutionalized elderlyPublication . Ferreira, Bruno; Silva, Rosa; Costa, Tânia; Coelho, Patrícia; Almeida, Armando
- The institutionalized elder – cognitive and daily life activities profilePublication . Sousa, Joana; Silva, Rosa; Ferreira, BrunoIntroduction.– Population aging, associated with chronic degenerative diseases have revealed to be a public health problem. These changes, more specifically cognitive deficit, are a prevalent problem in the elder that tend to aggravate with institutionalization. Associated with higher life expectancy, the institutionalization tends to be for long term. In this context, a study was performed to explore the cognitive capacity of the elder, and association with ability to perform daily living activities (DLA).