Leisure activities and attitude of institutionalized elderly people: a basis for nursing practice

Abstract

Aim: to identify the leisure activities performed in Long-Stay Institutions for the Elderly (LSIEs), registered in the city of Maringá-PR, Brazil, and to analyze the attitude of the elderly people toward leisure promoted by the institutions. METHOD: this was a descriptive and transversal study with a quantitative approach, carried out with 97 elderly people, through the establishment of the socio-demographic profile and the application of the Leisure Attitude Scale. The data was subjected to descriptive statistical analysis, association tests (chi-square or Fisher's) and Spearman's correlation. RESULTS: males, aged 80 or over, widowed, with one to eight years of study, who had a monthly income were predominant. Age group and income were significantly associated with the performance of leisure activities. The results reflected the positive attitude of the elderly people in relation to leisure activities, except in the behavioral component. CONCLUSION: the findings of this study indicate the need for further investigation into the difficulties linked to the attitude toward leisure in the behavioral component, considering aspects such as individual concepts of leisure and the health status of the elderly people.

Leisure in virtual social network: a possibility of an authentic dialogue

“…Leisure, as a human care practice, is little evident under Brazilian nursing practices, 6 opposite to what is seen in other cultures, where this practice is already consolidated. The topic, when including the education of future professionals, permits to amplify and qualify care procedures, as it includes the integrality, humanization, and the promotion of health, besides it is one of the biopsychosocial dimensions that belong to the human being.…”

“…The topic, when including the education of future professionals, permits to amplify and qualify care procedures, as it includes the integrality, humanization, and the promotion of health, besides it is one of the biopsychosocial dimensions that belong to the human being. 6 Thus, this education promotes a rupture with the hegemonic biologist care practice.…”

“…[3][4][5] In addition, the use of social network and virtual media instrument is seen as a leisure activity, and this topic is relevant to nursing, due to its role in quality of life, promoting of health, and in holistic care, all inherent to the nursing practices. 6,7 However, it is not well explored by the health teams. 6 To discuss this topic, it was used the Dialogic Theory of Paulo Freire.…”

“…6,7 However, it is not well explored by the health teams. 6 To discuss this topic, it was used the Dialogic Theory of Paulo Freire. 8,9 Freire was a thinker, and educator, and a researcher in education.…”

Conviviality groups for elderly people in primary health care: contributions to active aging / Grupo de convivência para idosos na atenção primária à saúde: contribuições para o envelhecimento ativo

“…Therefore, learning activities can contribute satisfactorily to the biopsychosocial balance of the elderly, as well as determinants related to personal aspects that include psychological factors. 19,11 Internationally, there is evidence that the participation of the elderly in group activities have a positive effect on health and on the quality of life of this population, indicating that these individuals are healthier in terms of cognition, behavior, psychological, social involvement and physical and medical health. 20 Still, with regards to health improvements, it was evidenced that the elderly participants of the study emphasized the participation in the conviviality group as an important factor in the improvement of mental health, referred to mostly as "head health", and also as a form of prevention and treatment of depression, being one of the reasons that led them to attend the group, as it portrays the following statements:…”