NURSES’ PARTICIPATION IN ELDERS’ SOCIALIZATION GROUPS: Integrative Review
Keywords:
Self-Help Group, Health Education, Nursing, AgedAbstract
To describe the nurses’ participation in elders’ socialization groups through scientific publications. Methods: This is an integrative review in databases SciELO, LILACS, and BDENF between May and June 2021, data were presented through synthesis and with the interlocution of synthesized information. Results: Nine studies were included with two areas of discussion: “Nurses' role in self-care of elderly in socialization groups” and “Nurses’ role in educational activities in elders’ socialization groups”. Conclusion: Actions aimed at self-care and health education as empowerment strategies for the elderly. Nurses must develop actions that seek health promotion, injuries prevention, and functional capacity maintenance. However, it is also substantial to have a holistic, systemic look, capable of seeing the human being integrally.