Acidentes por queda e o cotidiano da pessoa idosa

Abstract

This study is built to express the way of life of elderly people who have suffered falls. Around 28 to 35% of people aged 65 years or more episodes tend to live falls and, in people over 70 years old, this index will increase to 32 to 42%. The study analyzes the daily life of the elderly who experienced an accident by dropping, describing the clinical features of elderly person who experienced an accident by falling and point the conditions of the home environment of the elderly who experienced an accident by falling. This is an exploratory- descriptive and analytical study, with a quantitative approach. Study participants were 11 elderly people who were served by CURE due to accidents by fall within your home. Within the clinical features of elderly are all female and 10 (90.9%) live more than two residents in the residence. His garments were in good condition, his hair was clean and one (9%) had skin changes. The elderly interviewed five (45.4%) wore corrective lenses and evaluating the four oral cavity (36.3%) elderly were using dental. The movements of the upper limbs were limited in three (27.2%) people, already six (54.5%) reported being with the movements of the lower harmed members. Under the conditions of the domestic environment, seven (63.6%) elderly people lived in brick houses. Of these three (27.2%) have apparent wires. Accessibility to seven (63.6%) had stairs without handrails and ramps some sort of inclination to access the residence. The room was the place that showed some sort of crack in the floor, seven (63.6%) in five (45.4%) houses the bathroom did not have any kind of assistance bar. The kitchen and bathroom were the places that most had exposed wires and downs in a total of two (18.1%) in each room. This study aimed to see the daily life of the elderly person who had an accident by dropping, describing their clinical characteristics and the conditions of their environment. The results showed that all people were female, most resided with more than two people and almost half of them makes use of corrective lenses. More than half of households have stairs, ramps and some sort of inclination without proper protection. Nursing can work out preventive measures in conjunction with the elder family to detect physical and environmental risk factors within the household.