<b>Nursing on the stressors on family members keeping company to an elder family member in the process of hospitalization and discharge</b> - DOI: 10.4025/cienccuidsaude.v8i4.9693

Abstract

This study had the purpose to identify the factors of stress in families that accompany an old individual during the process of hospitalization and discharge, and proposed interventions according to the theory of systems by Betty Neuman. The methodology adopted was the convergent assistance. Eleven family members and their hospitalized elder individuals took part on the study. Data were collected through the participation observation and an instrument with semi-closed questions, based on the process of phases of the nursing process proposed on the theoretical reference. On the analysis, the results were organized in categories such as: difficulties in the care of an elder patient, family conflicts, financial problems, and problems with assistance at the Basic Health Services. The study shows the importance of nursing as mediator to the multi-professional team in the care given to the company of an elder patient which with simple actions during the hospitalization, can reduce the bad effects of these events and prepare the accompanying family to reproduce at home the care given, with the support of the basic health network.