The profile of elderly people living in an asylum: nursing/health action proposal

The objective of this research was to identify the profile of aged residents in an Elderly Long Staying Institution; to develop actions of nursing/health that can contribute for a better quality of life of the aged people. It was an Exploratory, descriptive, diagnosis of an evaluation study, carried out in Rio Grande/RS, using the multidimensional evaluation of the elderly people applied for the structuralized interview, in 55 residents. The results were the following: 39 women and 16 men; between 63 and 105 years of age; 29 of which were widowers, 22 were single, 2 married and 1 divorced; 19 had completed graduated in elementary school; 15, had chosen to live in the institution; 23 had had falls; 12 were men and 29 women who seemed to have cognitive problems; 29 of the elderly people didn’t seem to have affective problems; as for the Daily activities, 1 man and 2 women seemed to be totally dependent; 9 men and 22 women seemed to be partially dependent; 6 men and 15 women seemed to be independent. Departing from the data, we identified 28 Nursing Diagnosis according to the NANDA and actions were established of nursing and health.