2006
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102006000700024
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Idosos asilados em hospitais gerais

Abstract: Long-term care facilities for the elderly have regularly to work together with general hospitals to provide care to acutely ill residents or when they require all together more complex diagnostic procedures and multi-specialty care. The decision to hospitalize a nursing home elderly resident is multifactorial and it is based on factors such as illness severity and care facility infrastructure. Hospitalizations have benefits and risks such developing iatrogenic diseases, delirium, and functional decline, which … Show more

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“…10,11 Considering that the consumption of medications of people living in nursing homes ranges between 3.8 and 11.9,13,16-19 the mean of 5.6 ± 2.2 drugs administered through enteral route we found may be considered to be within the standards of prescriptions in LTCFs. An interesting finding is the high percentage of inappropriate drugs for enteral administration, mainly among those of frequent use, that is, in more than 10% of the sample.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 77%
“…10,11 Considering that the consumption of medications of people living in nursing homes ranges between 3.8 and 11.9,13,16-19 the mean of 5.6 ± 2.2 drugs administered through enteral route we found may be considered to be within the standards of prescriptions in LTCFs. An interesting finding is the high percentage of inappropriate drugs for enteral administration, mainly among those of frequent use, that is, in more than 10% of the sample.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 77%
“…Literature describes cardio-circulatory, respiratory, and neurological diseases as prevalent among the elderly, which together with traumas, fractures and infections, especially urinary and broncopneumonic, are the main causes of hospitalization of institutionalized elderly persons 24 . While literature lists neurological diseases in third place, these illnesses have the greatest impact in LTCFs, according to data from the present study.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…No entanto, em três estudos 14,16,19 a classificação do desempenho funcional de idosos feita pelos cuidadores primários, especialmente a observação realizada pela equipe de enfermagem durante a internação, foi considerada mais precisa do que o autorrelato do paciente. Paixão Jr. & Reichenheim 32 ressaltam que os métodos habituais de se realizar uma avaliação funcional estruturada consistem na observação direta, através de testes de desempenho e utilização de questionários, quer autoaplicados ou concebidos por entrevistas face a face, entre pacientes ou cuidadores, e sistematizados por meio de uma série de escalas. Segundo esses autores, é a sistematização da avaliação que confere validade às informações, o que não ocorreu na maioria dos estudos analisados, que avaliaram o estado funcional por meio de medidas não padronizadas.…”
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“…Além disso, a capacidade funcional, dimensão-base para a avaliação geriátrica, envolve também a avaliação de fatores físicos, psicológicos, cognitivos e sociais. Essas dimensões interagem de tal forma com o estado funcional que a alteração em uma área pode indicar problemas em outras, 32 o que, também não ocorreu de forma sistematizada nos estudos.…”
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