SÍNDROME DA FRAGILIDADE DO IDOSO COMO CRITÉRIO PARA CUIDADOS PALIATIVOS: RELATO DE CASO
SÍNDROME DA FRAGILIDADE DO IDOSO COMO CRITÉRIO PARA CUIDADOS PALIATIVOS: RELATO DE CASO
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.4451724112010
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Palavras-chave: Fragilidade do idoso, cuidados paliativos.
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Keywords: Frail elderly, palliative care.
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Abstract: Objective: Report the case of an elderly patient who, due to successive hospitalizations, in addition to institutionalization and psychosocial fragility, became a frail elderly woman, and in this context, Frailty Syndrome was characterized as the main criterion for palliative care in the continuity of health care. Methods: Descriptive case report, with a qualitative approach. Results and conclusions: We conclude that a careful clinical approach to the elderly is extremely important, with the aim of preventing frailty and recurrent hospitalizations. Frailty syndrome is a risk for an increased number of falls, instability and mortality. It constitutes an important criterion for including patients in palliative care.
- Helena Sader Heck
- Lívia Ometto Figueiredo
- Karoline Favoreto
- Roberta Perez
- Felipe Luiz Silveira Bizarria