END-OF-LIFE CARE IN LONG-TERM CARE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE ELDERLY

AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

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https://doi.org/10.54909/sp.v8i2.139722

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Long Stay Institution for the Elderly, Elderly, Terminal State, Palliative Care, Review

Abstract

Objective: To identify, in the national and international literature, the care offered to the elderly at the end of life by teams from long-term care institutions. Method: Integrative literature review carried out in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and Medical Literature and Retrieval System Online (Medline) databases, via Pubmed, using the PICO strategy to construct the research question. We used a combination of Medical Subject Headings (Mesh Terms) and health science descriptors (DeCS) associated with the Boolean operator AND, including original articles in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French, published between 2013 and 2023, available online in full. The Rayyan application was used to manage the identification and selection of documents, totaling ten articles as the research corpus. The findings were analyzed by theme. Results: The results were organized into two main categories – care actions focused on elderly residents of long-term care institutions and (in)direct care actions: interventions with the teams of long-term care institutions. The care provided by the teams is either directly to the elderly, such as hygiene, hydration and food, or indirectly through meetings and training for the teams that work with them. Conclusion: The care offered to the elderly in long-stay institutions prioritizes a quality end of life, respect, relief from suffering, reduction of depressive symptoms and death in the hospital environment. In addition, the presence of multi-professional and palliative care teams in institutions can ensure dignity, quality of (end of) life and comfort for the elderly.

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Júlia Brombila Blumentritt, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel)

Nurse graduated from the Federal University of Pelotas. Master's student in Health Sciences at the Postgraduate Program in Nursing at the Federal University of Pelotas. Member of the Núcleo de Condições Crônicas e suas Interfaces (NUCCRIN) and the Grupo de Estudos sobre Adoecimento e Final de vida (GEAFi). Pelotas, Brazil

Franciele Roberta Cordeiro, Federal University of Pelotas

Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Nursing of the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas, Brasil. Nurse at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM). Specialist in Palliative Care at the Université Grenoble Alpes (Grenoble/France). Master's in Nursing from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). PhD in Nursing from UFRGS. She completed a sandwich doctoral internship at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble/ Université Grenoble Alpes (09/2015 to 08/2016), through the Science Without Borders/CNPq Program. Member of the Center for Chronic Conditions and their Interfaces (NUCCRIN- UFPel). Research interest: dying, death and palliative care from the perspective of Cultural and Foucauldian Studies.

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Published

2024-08-06

How to Cite

BLUMENTRITT, Júlia Brombila; CORDEIRO, Franciele Roberta. END-OF-LIFE CARE IN LONG-TERM CARE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE ELDERLY: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW. Saberes Plurais, [S. l.], v. 8, n. 2, p. e139722, 2024. DOI: 10.54909/sp.v8i2.139722. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/saberesplurais/article/view/139722. Acesso em: 27 aug. 2026.

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2024): Saberes Plur. (Periodicidade semestral, com publicação em fluxo contínuo)

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