Objective: to understand how the relationships between chronicity and politics shape sociability and mutual help among people living with HIV/AIDS. Method: This is a virtual ethnography in a closed group on Facebook. To collect the information, on-lineparticipant observation and documental analysis were utilized. 37 posts were analyzed using the softwareNVivo 12 Pro and the thematic coding technique. Results: Two thematic categories emerged: Do the treatment and time will take care of the rest: Mutual help and HIV/AIDS as a chronic condition; and Yes, there is danger around the corner, my dear: Politics, conflicts and sociability in the group. The most relevant aspect of this study concerns the evidence of the fragility of the discourse on the chronicity of HIV/AIDS. Conclusion: Through the analysis of sociability and mutual help produced among the members of the investigated group, it was possible to apprehend the ways in which, in their experiences on living with HIV/AIDS as a chronic condition, the relationships between health-disease, politics and time showed the dependence between chronicity and the State, and its impacts on daily life.

Introduction: In the last decades, a social phenomenon has emerged: the number of elderly people residing in single-person households, that is, living alone. Among these individuals are those who accumulate losses in health, social and personal life during their lifespan. Objective: To integrate scientific knowledge about elderly people living alone. Methods: It is an integrative review performed on four international databases. The theoretical reference of the Quality of Life was chosen to categorize the results. Results: After critical reading and analysis of 16 selected articles, two main themes and four subthemes emerged. The first main theme was named by “Contextualization of the Elderly that Lives Alone”; the second main theme was called “The role of family in the life of the elderly living alone”. Conclusion: This age group needs a support network to maintain their quality of life; this network must encompass family members, friends, neighbors and health professionals and these must aid the elderly living alone in daily activities, travels and healthcare, among others; since the elderly living alone usually present chronic conditions, cognitive/motor deficit and higher risk of social isolation.Key-words: gerontology, geriatrics, nursing, Physical therapy.

Objective  To identify in literature the scientific production about self-care in elderly people with ostomies by colorectal cancer. Method  Integrative review, performed with the descriptors “self-care”, “ostomy” and “elderly/aged” with the Boolean operator AND in the following databases: SCOPUS, CINAHL, MEDLINE, LILACS and COCHRANE. For the theoretical basis, Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory was used. Results  A total of 533 papers were found, however, after applying the eligibility criteria, 16 studies composed the final sample of the review. Conclusion  The nurse is one of the professionals closest to the person with the stoma and his family, and should act as a link between the elderly person, the family and the multi-professional health team. In this sense, health professionals, especially nurses, should be trained and competent in assisting the diverse demands of care of this specific population, so that it is effective, resolutive, integral and, above all, humanized, aiming at the improvement of quality of life.

A confecção de uma estomia intestinal leva a modificações físicas que podem afetar todas dimensões da vida do ser humano. Acredita-se que por meio da Teoria de Enfermagem do Déficit do Autocuidado é possível promover o cuidado de enfermagem à pessoa com estomia intestinal. Dessa forma, o objetivo deste estudo foi refletir sobre a aplicabilidade da Teoria do Déficit do Autocuidado de Dorothea Orem no cuidado de enfermagem à pessoa com estomia intestinal. Trata-se de um estudo teórico-reflexivo e para tanto, realizou-se uma revisão narrativa com busca do material nas bases de dados LILACS, Pubmed e Google Acadêmico e síntese qualitativa dos trabalhos analisados. Diante das mudanças ocasionadas pela presença da estomia, a pessoa necessita realizar cuidados importantes para seu autocuidado. O planejamento da assistência de enfermagem fundamentado na Teoria do Déficit d Autocuidado contribui para a o retorno às atividades de vida diária, a reinserção social, ao cuidado com a estomia e equipamento coletor e prevenir complicações. Assim, a aplicabilidade desta teoria demonstra o seu potencial para subsidiar o planejamento e a implementação da assistência à pessoa com estomia de modo a promover a sua autonomia e independência para realizar o seu autocuidado, além de subsidiar a Prática Avançada de Enfermagem no cenário nacional.