Institutionalized elderly: vulnerabilities and strategies to cope with Covid-19 in Brazil.
Invest Educ Enferm
; 39(1)2021 Feb.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33687811
This article presents a systematized reflection and discussion around two guiding axes: the first discusses aging and vulnerabilities to biological, physical, cognitive, social and affective losses that require specific attention, as well as vulnerabilities to COVID-19 to which institutionalized elderly people are exposed; the second, we reflect on the adoption of restrictive and protective measures to prevent the spread of the virus, aiming to keep the elder health and mitigate the effects of the pandemic. The conclusion is that the pandemic has increased the many vulnerabilities to which institutionalized older people were already exposed, adding vulnerability to a new disease, such as COVID-19, due to its high lethality and comorbidity, aggravated by precariousness of long-term Brazilian institutions due to the negligence of public authorities, civil society, the management of the institution and the families of the patients. The post-pandemic scenario will require collective efforts to protect and ensure the survival of the elderly living in those residences.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Populações Vulneráveis
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COVID-19
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Institucionalização
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Invest Educ Enferm
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Colômbia