Ação educativa do fisioterapeuta na Estratégia Saúde da Família para prevenção de quedas de idosos

Abstract

Currently the elderly population has grown considerably worldwide and Brazil has the prospect of becoming one of the most populous nations of the elderly. Associated with this increase the risk of falls following a proportional statistic where the causes are associated with physical and mental changes associated with aging becoming a public health problem with high social and economic cost. Since the insusceptible falls prevention arises the need for intervention of health professionals in educational measures. With the expansion of attention to family health with the inclusion of physiotherapist in primary care, there is the need to adopt measures to individual and collective practices that reduce the rate of falls through educational activities. Objective: To learn the educational measures used by physiotherapists in the prevention of falls in older people within the Family Health Strategy. Methodology : Includes an integrative literature review , we used the data base Virtual Library on Health Results and Discussion: The sample presented in the context of educational activities related to falls in the elderly with the participation of physical therapists alone or collectively. Physical therapists make home visits to promote guidance to users and those responsible for the care, promotes elderly groups for inclusion in educational physical activities and participates with team learning and recycling actions on preventing falls in the elderly. Final Thoughts: Applying educational activities in daily professional physical therapist is a real practice, however we consider the need for further exploration of the topic.