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Revista de Investigação & Inovação em Saúde
Print version ISSN 2184-1578On-line version ISSN 2184-3791
Abstract
OLIVEIRA, Ana Rita; ABREU, Margarida and REIS, Laura. Preparation of the family caregiver of the elderly with hip fracture. RIIS [online]. 2023, vol.6, n.1, pp.61-72. Epub Apr 30, 2023. ISSN 2184-1578. https://doi.org/10.37914/riis.v6i1.269.
Background:
falls in the elderly may result in injuries, namely proximal femur fracture (PFF), which leads to surgical intervention. Most elderly people, in the postoperative period, show a compromise in the performance of activities of daily living, which requires the intervention of a family caregiver (FC).
Objectives:
to know how nurses identify FC of the elderly with PFF; to analyze nurses’ perceptions of the assessment of the FC potential to provide care; to identify the process of preparing the FC for the return home.
Methodology:
exploratory qualitative study through semi-structured interviews with 21 nurses of an Orthopedics service of a hospital in Portugal. Bardin's content analysis was used to analyze the data obtained.
Results:
regarding how nurses identify the FC, the most prevalent category was "Elderly" (62%). As for the assessment of the FC potential for care, the most prevalent categories were "Informal" (38%) and "Nonexistent" (33%). In the domain of the FC preparation process, the category "Teaching" emerged.
Conclusion:
the results obtained justify the need for the existence of nursing programs to support the FC of older adults with FPF.
Keywords : aged; hip fractures; family caregiver; nursing.