Guidance for the Elderly on Home Care During the Hospital Discharge Process: An Integrative Review of the Literature
摘要
Objective to identify hospital discharge processes that include guidance for elderly home care and the needs that arise during the care transition as identified by nurses. Method: integrative literature review, conducted by searching the databases: Virtual Health Library, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences, Medline and Scielo. Results: 16 articles were selected that showed 2 thematic axes. Axis 1 - Direct Care in the hospital discharge process and Axis 2 - Care Management in the hospital discharge process. Conclusion: the studies allowed to identify that the guidelines of care of the elderly at home during the hospital discharge process are given through written records and that nurses play a decisive role in this process.