Cuidado de transição hospital-domicílio realizado por enfermeiros à pessoas idosas: revisão integrativa
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2021-06-10
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Universidade Católica do Salvador
Abstract
The main challenges in health care for the elderly is the low availability of
effective care management programs and the readmissions and/or prolonged
hospitalizations of this public. The hospital-home transition care aims to effectively
maintain the continuity of home care. When well implemented, it positively interferes
with the continuity of treatment, as it offers the necessary support to the elderly and
their families, avoiding decompensation, adverse events and readmissions. The aim
of this study was to analyze the hospital-home transition care practiced by nurses to
elderly people as available in the scientific literature. An integrative literature review
was carried out between the months of February and March 20212020, through
searches in scientific databases using pre-defined inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Twelve articles were found and analyzed through exhaustive reading of the content, in
order to apprehend the authors' idea on the subject. Great challenges were found to
align the work of nursing professionals, who lack information, with regard to the
execution and resources that enable the practice of transitional care. The consequence
of these mishaps is insecurity: nurses do not find security to perform their functions
with regard to the transition of care, family members feel neglected and unprepared to
provide care at home and elderly people experience total helplessness. It is concluded
that transition care is performed incompletely and without assistance from nursing
professionals. It is necessary that transition care is more explored and valued by this
professional category, in order to offer more security to the elderly and family members
who experience this moment.
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Cuidado transicional, Saúde do idoso, Cuidados de enfermagem, Alta hospitalar, Transitional care, Health of the elderly, Nursing care, Hospital discharge