THE NURSE AS AN EDUCATOR TO THE SENESCENCE PROCESS FOR A GOOD ACTIVE AGING

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1593472329062

• Palavras-chave: Health Education. Elderly. Nursing. Senescence.

• Keywords: Health Education. Elderly. Nursing. Senescence.

• Abstract:

  Aging is part of the life of all humanity and is nothing more than a process that occurs naturally and many of this population are affected by various diseases. Health education is an activity to be developed by health professionals, among which is the nurse, with the objective of improving the quality of life as people get older. This study aims to identify health education actions for the elderly carried out by nurses for good active aging. The methodology used was an Integrative Literature Review and the searches were based on: Virtual Health Library (VHL) of publications in Portuguese, published between 2012 and 2022. The role of nurses must be carried out efficiently with care, as it is a moment of great importance in the lives of the elderly and this professional must work in a humanized way, in order to facilitate this moment.