Effectiveness of nursing home care in improving self-care of older persons

 

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Vargas Chaves, Shirley, Fernández Chaves, Jaime José
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2014
Descripción:Background: The objective of this article is to present the best available evidence in relation to the development of nursing home visits, made to elderly, with a focus on health promotion and disease prevention for the improvement in self-care . The aging population in Costa Rica and worldwide, as a result of advances in socioeconomic and sanitary conditions, has led to the need for care of elderly individuals that allow maintaining or improving the quality of life.Method: as a research was used method based on the evidence, which part of a clinical question; in terms of the data, a literature search in the databases EBSCO, ProQuest and PubMed data was performed, and then run a critical reading of the FLC 2.0.Results: Was obtained a total of 58 items, whose critical reading was selected six presented the best evidence.Conclusion: We concluded that older adults receiving home care nurse from an approach to health promotion and disease prevention improve self-care.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/16059
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/enfermeria/article/view/16059
Palabra clave:older people
home care
self-care
health promotion
disease
personas-adultas-mayores
atención-domiciliar-de-enfermería
autocuidado
promoción-de-la-salud
prevención-de-la-enfermedad