Acidentes com idosos em domicílio: revisão integrativa
International Journal of Development Research
Acidentes com idosos em domicílio: revisão integrativa
Received 08th July, 2019; Received in revised form 20th August, 2019; Accepted 23rd September, 2019; Published online 16th October, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Glaube Alexandre Bispo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This paper aims to identify the main causes of accidents with elderly at home and the consequences they cause to this population. This is a qualitative study, which adopted the integrative literature review (IR) as a methodology, which allows the synthesis of multiple published studies on the subject. Of the 200 articles located in the LILACS, SciELO and VHL databases, 10 were selected according to the inclusion criteria proposed by the research. It was observed the importance of dividing them into two thematic categories, being chosen taking into consideration the objectives of this work, as well as their relevance. For the elderly to have a good quality of life, it is essential to know about their routine in their daily lives and the environment in which they live, so that they can avoid accidents both at home and outside.
