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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
Nursing scientific production on health promotion, chronic condition, and aging
Rafaela Vivian Valcarenghi1, Luciana de Fátima Leite Lourenço1, Josiane Steil Siewert2
1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, BR.
Objective:
to characterize the scientific production of Postgraduate Programs Nursing in Brazil on health promotion with a focus on elderly people with chronic conditions in the period from 2006 to 2010.
Method:
integrative research developed by searching for dissertations and theses in the database of the Center for Nursing Studies and Research of the Brazilian Nursing Association published in the period from 2006 to 2010 and which focused on health promotion for elderly people with chronic conditions.
Results:
five themes emerged: "Living with the disease"; "Technologies of care", "Potential for self-care" "Psycho-spiritual dimension", and "Family caregiver".
Conclusion:
it was possible to identify nursing care as a key element to promote the health of elderly people and make them more independent in their care so as to live with their limitations or disabilities, even when affected by chronic diseases.
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