Education as an instrument of change in the provision of care for the elderly

ABSTRACT

The nursing home is characterized as a type of important attention in the setting of long-term care. In Brazil there is an urgent needing to reflect on the human and technical apparatus which subsidizes these services, specially taking in consideration the health complexity of residents. Considering these issues, the aim of this article was to discuss education as a guideline for the improvement of care in nursing homes, highlighting care as an attitudinal process that shows the continuous interaction between technical knowledge and humanization, as well as the appreciation of view elderly about different aspects of the institutional routine. For this we carried literature review in journals and articles published in the last ten years, using the databases PUBMED and SCIELO. It was found that educational interventions can provide important tools for improving care, promoting change organizations, the adoption of new care technologies and the creation of legislation compatible with the needs of the older adults assisted.

Keywords:
Elderly; Education; Care; Institutionalization; Interventions; Health.