Self-care in older people with functional deficit: needs of long-term care.

The group of 65-year-olds is becoming more numerous and with greater needs for health care. So, is necessary the reflection about new models of provision, organization, and allocation of health resources. According to the United Nations Organization, 2015, in 2050 elderly people will reach two million people (20% of the world’s population), what mean that the number of people over 60 years old will exceed a population of young people under 15 years. Parallel to aging, less healthy lifestyles have contributed to the prevalence of chronic diseases, especially cerebrovascular diseases. Hypertension and diabetes mellitus are risk factors and increase predisposition to other diseases. With aging, there is an increased risk for developing chronic, oncological and degenerative diseases, which account for more than 50% of the burden of diseases, with profound implications on independency, use of health care and services.

Modelo de tutorización en Enfermería: Seguimiento y evaluación. Escola Superior de Emfermagem San Joao de Deus. Universidade de Évora

A "Mentoria", relação pessoal de desenvolvimento, em que uma das pessoas - a mais experiente - promove a evolução e desenvolvimento da pessoa menos experiente. O objectivo principal é motivar e inspirar o "mentorado", aumentar o seu potencial e também transmitir algum saber-fazer. O termo Mentoring tem a sua origem na mitologia grega, mais concretamente na obra "Odisseia" de Homero.  Quando o personagem Ulisses vai em viagem, pede a um sábio grego chamado Mentor que se ocupe da educação do seu filho. para simbolizar a pessoa estimada e culta que guia e aconselha uma pessoa jovem e menos experiente. O princípio do Mentoring existiu de forma bastante presente nas corporações de artes e profissões nos tempos medievais. Os artesãos frequentemente aceitavam jovens aprendizes que viviam e trabalhavam na sua oficina (muitas vezes na própria casa sem o risco de perder "segredos do negócio" para a concorrência.

Functional defict and sensitive outcomes to nursing care for elderly: Systematic literature review.

ABSTRACT Objective of this study was to determine sensitive outcomes to nursing care in relation to the functional deficit of people aged 65 and older. It is a Systematic Literature Review with qualitative synthesis and meta-analysis. From the qualitative synthesis, it was found that sensitive outcomes to nursing care, observed from structured intervention, were described as improvement of: functional status, self-care, symptom control, safety/adverse events, customer satisfaction, psychological support, decreased healthcare costs, therapeutic system management and quality of life. In meta-analysis we found that there is an improvement of effect on the level of sensitive outcomes to the nursing care between the experimental and control groups. It is noticed that it is necessary to rouse more guided study in clinical practice, to understand the importance of interventions sensitive to nursing care and health outcomes.