Os principais cuidados de enfermagem para os idosos com demência.

Abstract

The aging process is a natural and unique process for each individual, defining it distinctly as he progresses through the years, from birth to death, and it can be even greater due to intrinsic and extrinsic factors. The general objective was to identify the main nursing diagnoses and care that facilitate the management of elderly people with dementia for the nursing team. The specific objectives were: to review the conceptual literature on dementia syndrome; describe nursing care and the importance of the nursing diagnosis; present the main nursing diagnoses and care for patients with dementia and point out the importance of nursing in the management of elderly people with dementia. The guiding question was based on the following question: what are the fundamental nursing diagnoses and care for the care of elderly people with dementia? This work used the integrative review methodology, with a qualitative approach and descriptive method. According to the inclusion criteria and preestablished descriptors, 981 scientific publications were found, which were subsequently read. Regarding the exclusion criteria: 655 studies were excluded for being outside the time frame; 55 articles were excluded for being outside the languages used, 200 for being duplicated in the database and 61 for being outside the age group. A total of 971 excluded articles. After selecting the 10 articles, they were critically analyzed. In this study, it can be concluded that the main nursing diagnoses for the elderly with dementia syndrome are: impaired physical mobility; unbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements; self-care deficit; impaired memory; impaired verbal communication; risk of impaired skin integrity and risk of falls.