This work aims to identify the scientific production generated by nursing considering the fragility in the elderly from an integrative literature review using the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Literatura Latino-Americana and Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS) and Scopus. The study included 16 articles where two were published in Brazilian periodicals and 14 in foreign periodicals. The review in the analyzed articles shows that 37.5% (6) focus on a paradigm shift regarding the assistance model and 26.7% (4) highlight the family as the primary care unit in the context of a fragile elderly. The nurse plays a key role in the context of fragility, in the development of individual care, in the support to family members and other caregivers for the fragile elderly.
Frail elderly; Geriatric nursing; Aging
