Rastreamento do risco de perda funcional: uma estratégia fundamental para a organização da Rede de Atenção ao Idoso
Year: 2013
Type: review
Abstract: From a critical analysis of experiments in the use of screening tools for functional loss in the elderly, it was observed that the main motivation to develop and implement a screening instrument is to improve health care for the frail elderly or those at risk of functional loss and repeated hospital admissions. The instruments are preferably short questionnaires with no more than 16 self-reported questions. The main intervention performed after screening was monitoring the elderly by a specialized nursing service that, when necessary, referring them to the medical service. The results of this approach included the reduction of functional loss, hospital admissions, deaths, lower health expenses and greater consumer satisfaction.
Source: Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
Authors: Célia Pereira Caldas, Renato Peixoto Veras, Luciana Branco da Motta, Kenio Costa de Lima, Cynthia Beatriz Silveira Kisse, Cláudia Valéria Moreno Trocado, Ana Carolina Lima Cavaletti Guerra
Language: Portuguese
Topic: Frailty in Older Adults
Subfield: Geriatrics and Gerontology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2037157389