The nurse's function in the elderly's rehabilitation

Authors

  • Maria José D'Elboux Diogo Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Hospital das Clínicas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692000000100011

Keywords:

geriatric rehabilitation, geriatric and gerontological nursing

Abstract

As the elderly people in our country are increasing it becomes more and more frequent the elderly's presence in the services of health and especially of rehabilitation. We bring in this descriptive text the main aspects involved in the elderly's rehabilitation: the referring peculiarities to the rehabilitation in this age group, the functional evaluation as an important indicative of the life quality, the phases of the elderly's rehabilitation and the systematized nursing care through the nurse, inserted in the multidisciplinar team acts with the elderly patient and his family, in an individualized way.

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Published

2000-01-01

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Original Articles

How to Cite

The nurse’s function in the elderly’s rehabilitation. (2000). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 8(1), 75-81. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692000000100011