Gerenciamento do cuidado domiciliar do idoso após alta hospitalar

Abstract

Older people, even those with good health, grow weak-slowly because of the physiological changes that over time, brings limitations to the functions of the body, making them increasingly predisposed to addiction to the achievement of self-care, to loss of autonomy and quality of life. They become also more susceptible to disease and, as a result, it comes to hospitalization. The elderly after hospital discharge is fragile, has a high degree of dependence, weakness, fear of falls, injuries, postural instability among other more. Much of the elderly living alone and conducts its activities without the need for monitoring, but a substantial part, needs care and permanent guidelines. In this sense the staff of the Family Health Strategy team (FHT) of Orizânia-Mg prepared a contingency plan for the systematic multidisciplinary home care to the elderly frail, after hospital discharge. To accomplish this it was necessary to face several critical nodes that interfered in the work process. Such measures fills big gap of assistance to the population of dependent elderly providing better quality of life to the patient or even minimizing suffering and organizing family involvement in care and team work process.