Construction of an evaluative tool aimed to elderly home institution: an experience report

Authors

  • Ariane Minussi Felician Associação de Caridade Santa Casa do Rio Grande/RS
  • Silvana Sidney Costa Santos Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
  • Marlene Teda Pelzer Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
  • Adriane Meria Netto de Oliveira Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
  • Leandro Barbosa de Pinho Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/ree.v13i3.10216

Keywords:

Nursing, Homes for Aged, Public Policies.

Abstract

This study aimed to describe an assessment tool experience designed for an elderly home institution. Evaluative research when it was designed a tool based on public policies for nurses’ care in this kind of institution. The research was developed in a home for elderly in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2009. The tool features six pages of three columns: in the first column was written the issues to be observed, in the second one, there was notes of what needs to be verified/evaluated, in the third, was legal devices that hold the records required and requested. This tool includes three dimensions: organizational structure, physical structure suitable for a home for aged; specific care to residents. The evaluative tool designed proves an important tool for use by nurses’ work at homes for aged and it is hoped that it can contribute to the development of the nurses’ care.

Descriptors: Nursing; Homes for Aged; Public Policies.

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Author Biographies

Ariane Minussi Felician, Associação de Caridade Santa Casa do Rio Grande/RS

Enfermeira, Mestre em Enfermagem. Enfermeira da Associação de Caridade Santa Casa do Rio Grande/RS. Rio Grande, RS, Brasil. E-mail: arianeminussi@yahoo.com.br.

Silvana Sidney Costa Santos, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

Enfermeira, Doutora em Enfermagem. Professor Adjunto, Escola de Enfermagem (EE), FURG. Rio Grande, RS, Brasil. E-mail: silvanasidney@pesquisador.cnpq.br.

Marlene Teda Pelzer, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem. Rio Grande, RS, Brasil. E-mail: pmarleneteda@yahoo.com.br.

Adriane Meria Netto de Oliveira, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem. Professor Adjunto I, EE, FURG. Rio Grande, RS, Brasil. E-mail: adrianenet@vetorial.net.

Leandro Barbosa de Pinho, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Enfermeiro, Doutor em Enfermagem. Professor Adjunto, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. E-mail: lbpinho@uol.com.br.

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Published

2011-09-30

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 3 (2011)

Section

Original Article