TY - JOUR
T1 - Geriatric care
T2 - ways and means of providing comfort
AU - Ribeiro, Patrícia Cruz Pontífice Sousa Valente
AU - Marques, Rita Margarida Dourado
AU - Ribeiro, Marta Pontifice
PY - 2017/7/1
Y1 - 2017/7/1
N2 - Objective: To know the ways and means of comfort perceived by the older adults hospitalized in a medical service. Method:: Ethnographic study with a qualitative approach. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 22 older adults and participant observation of care situations. Results: The ways and means of providing comfort are centered on strategies for promoting care mobilized by nurses and recognized by patients(clarifying/informing, positive interaction/communication, music therapy, touch, smile, unconditional presence, empathy/proximity relationship, integrating the older adult or the family as partner in the care, relief of discomfort through massage/mobilization/therapy) and on particular moments of comfort (the first contact, the moment of personal hygiene, and the visit of the family), which constitute the foundation of care/comfort. Final considerations: Geriatric care is built on the relationship that is established and complete with meaning, and is based on the meeting/interaction between the actors under the influence of the context in which they are inserted. The different ways and means of providing comfort aim to facilitate/increase care, relieve discomfort and/or invest in potential comfort.
AB - Objective: To know the ways and means of comfort perceived by the older adults hospitalized in a medical service. Method:: Ethnographic study with a qualitative approach. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 22 older adults and participant observation of care situations. Results: The ways and means of providing comfort are centered on strategies for promoting care mobilized by nurses and recognized by patients(clarifying/informing, positive interaction/communication, music therapy, touch, smile, unconditional presence, empathy/proximity relationship, integrating the older adult or the family as partner in the care, relief of discomfort through massage/mobilization/therapy) and on particular moments of comfort (the first contact, the moment of personal hygiene, and the visit of the family), which constitute the foundation of care/comfort. Final considerations: Geriatric care is built on the relationship that is established and complete with meaning, and is based on the meeting/interaction between the actors under the influence of the context in which they are inserted. The different ways and means of providing comfort aim to facilitate/increase care, relieve discomfort and/or invest in potential comfort.
KW - Geriatric nursing
KW - Aged
KW - Hospitalization
KW - Delivery of health care
KW - Hospice care
KW - Enfermagem geriátrica
KW - Idoso
KW - Hospitalização
KW - Cuidados
KW - Promoção do conforto
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85047195712&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0636
DO - 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0636
M3 - Article
C2 - 28793115
AN - SCOPUS:85047195712
SN - 0034-7167
VL - 70
SP - 830
EP - 837
JO - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
JF - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
IS - 4
ER -