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Institutionalized elderly: vulnerabilities and strategies to cope with Covid-19 in Brazil

Authors :
Pricila Oliveira de Araújo
Maria Yaná Guimarães Silva Freitas
Evanilda Souza de Santana Carvalho
Thaís Moreira Peixoto
Maria Lúcia Silva Servo
Laiane da Silva Santana
Juliana Macêdo dos Santos Silva
Jenny Caroline Vieira Moura
Source :
Investigación y Educación en Enfermería, Vol 39, Iss 1 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Universidad de Antioquia, 2021.

Abstract

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.

Details

Language :
English, Spanish; Castilian, Portuguese
ISSN :
22160280
Volume :
39
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Investigación y Educación en Enfermería
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.fd857ed719f0450d96885c1b76835ed4
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iee.v39n1e07