Promoção da saúde da pessoa idosa: compromisso da enfermagem gerontogeriátrica

Abstract

This article had the purpose of reviewing the history of health policies for the elderly, initially using international health conferences, and then national policies, correlating them with the loss of power usually attributed to the elderly population. Nola Pender's health promotion model was used to interconnect the themes, resulting in empowerment as a health promotion strategy for the elderly. Bibliographic material was used as data source in order to achieve the proposed objective, such as Health Promotion Letters, Gerontology and Nursing themes. The need for nurses to remain alert for issues of health promotion / education and public policies focused on the elderly is emphasized. Keywords: Health promotion; Health of the elderly; Geriatric nursing; Health policy; Health education RESUMOEste artigo teve como objetivo realizar uma revisão da história das políticas de saúde voltadas às pessoas idosas, inicialmente utilizando as conferências internacionais de saúde, depois as políticas nacionais, correlacionando com a perda de poder usualmente atribuída ao ser idoso. Utilizou-se o modelo de promoção da saúde de Nola Pender para interligar os temas, resultando no ganho de poder como estratégia de promoção da saúde da pessoa idosa. Para atingir o objetivo proposto, foram utilizados como fonte de dados material bibliográfico como as Cartas de Promoção da Saúde, temas da Gerontologia e da Enfermagem. Enfatiza-se a necessidade do enfermeiro ficar atento às questões de promoção/educação para saúde e às políticas públicas voltadas às pessoas idosas. Descritores: Promoção da saúde; Saúde do idoso, Enfermagem geriátrica; Política de saúde; Educação em saúde RESUMENEste artículo tuvo como objetivo realizar una revisión de la historia de las políticas de salud orientadas a las personas de la tercera edad, inicialmente utilizando las conferencias internacionales de salud, después las políticas nacionales, correlacionando con la pérdida de poder usualmente atribuida a ser de la tercera edad. Se utilizó el modelo de promoción de la salud de Nola Pender para interligar los temas, resultando en la ganancia de poder como estrategia de promoción de la salud de la persona de la tercera edad. Para alcanzar el objetivo propuesto, como fuente de datos fue utilizado el material bibliográfico constituido por las Cartas de Promoción de la Salud, temas de Gerontología y Enfermería. Se enfatiza en la necesidad de que el enfermero esté atento a las cuestiones de promoción/educación para la salud y a las políticas públicas volcadas a las personas de la tercera edad.

Apoio social entre idosas de uma localidade de baixa renda no Munícipio do Rio de Janeiro

“…The reasons for this are: lack of social policies of support to the caregivers (person, member or not of the family that, with or without being paid for their service, takes care of the elder who is ill or dependent of others to exercise their daily activities), in sectors like food, home care, medical assistance, and orientation services, among others; if, in one hand, the size of families in Brazil is getting smaller because of a fall in fecundity, on the other hand, the participation of women in the job market is raising -this, thus, diminishes their availability to take care of the elders; the raise in the proportion of marital separations, of elders living alone, of couples who choose not to have children, and mothers that take care of their children by themselves; more than a half of the elders that live with the family are from homes where the total income is not over three minimum wages; the system of formal support has not been capable of substituting the role of the family. Some authors (26) highlight the need of nursing as "a discipline oriented to human care and the teaching of self-care" of "providing a better quality of life, through strategies that aim the maintenance of autonomy and independence".…”

Attention of nursing to the health of the elderly: an integrative review

“…Public health policies were addressed to suggest actions that emphasize the needs of promotion / health education and the attention focused on the elderly public policy, and that may be developed by a multidisciplinary team including nursing actions. 14 It is discussed the need for more production of knowledge about the health care of the elderly by nursing from professionals and students to consolidate this area in society thirsting for knowledge and practices. 4 Finally, studies on the experience of implementation and expansion of educational activities aimed at the training of human resources for…”

Promoção da saúde na Estratégia Saúde da Família: análise de políticas de saúde brasileiras

“…Promotional actions should migrate to several spaces of the community, being responsible for developing personal skills. Within this perspective, health promotion and education present interfaces (14) .…”