Desafios da equipe de enfermagem frente a atenção domiciliar ao idoso: uma revisão integrativa

Abstract

Home care is a type of care that has grown the most in recent years, mainly related to changes in the age pyramid and the increase in chronic non-communicable diseases, as a result of which the elderly tend to be the individuals with the greatest adherence to this form of care. The aim of the work is to understand the challenges faced by the nursing team in providing care to the elderly within the scope of home care. This is a literature review carried out by searching for journals published in online databases, namely: LILACS, EMBASE, Web Of Science, Scopus and Medline/PubMed. Using the PICo mnemonic, the following guiding question was constructed; What are the challenges facing the nursing team when it comes to home care for elderly patients? By searching the databases, it was possible to identify 851 works using the Health Descriptors “nursing; health of the elderly and home care services”, with the help of the Boolean marker and. When applying the eligibility criteria, 7 works were considered, showing that the main difficulties were related to the work environment, which is not standardized and relies on improvised actions by both professionals and caregivers. The second main challenge is related to the training of caregivers, as despite health professionals routinely visiting their patients, the main people responsible for care are family members who do not have the technical skills to provide adequate care.