Models of attention and support directed to caregiver of elderly: na integrative review
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2020v23i3p299-319Keywords:
Caregivers, Elderly, Elderly health.Abstract
The present study aims to indentify models of care and support direct to informal caregivers of the elderly and discuss the importance of these interventions in caregiver health. Was verified that among the models of care and support applied to caregivers of the elderly, psychoeducational interventions were the pedominantones offering innumerable contributions as a better understanding about the aging process and the changes that accompany it, a better understanding about the disease that affects the elderly, acquisition of knowledge about care, increased use of strategies to cope with negative situation and stress redction among others. The nurse practitioner was the one who was in charge of this assistance in most of the studies, confirming his commitment to the elderly and his family.