The multidisciplinariety on the home visit with elderly: the look of Nursing, Medicine and Psychology

• Autor(a) principal: Mahmud, Ibrahim Clós
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Kowalski, Carla Viero, Lavagnini, Bruna Thaise, Schutz, Karina Laux, Stobaus, Claus Dieter, Terra, Newton Luiz
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: PAJAR - Pan American Journal of Aging Research
• Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/pajar/article/view/31630
• topic: house calls; health of the elderly; aged.; visita domiciliar; saúde do idoso; idoso.

INTRODUCTION: Home health care is a practice that goes back to the very existence of families as a unit of social organization. In Brazil, home care covers several aspects, actions of visits, visits and home hospitalizations.OBJECTIVE: To analyze the scientific production of the nurse, doctor and psychologist in the home visit of the elderly in Primary Care in Brazil.METHOD: This is a narrative review using the OMNIS search tool (PUCRS) and uses the following descriptors: “home visit” and “elderly” or “elderly health”. We included articles from the last 10 years (2008-2018), peer reviewed and available in English, Portuguese or Spanish.RESULTS: we found the following publications: 22 in Nursing, 19 in Medicine and 12 in Psychology. After the complete reading of the selected articles, we opted for the analysis of 10 studies in the area of Nursing, 8 in Medicine and 4 in Psychology.CONCLUSIONS: There was a lack of scientific material directly related to the subject in Medicine and Psychology. In the area of Nursing, the articles were more specific about the role of nurses in the management of care.