Contributions of the accompanying elderly program in the aging process: Experience report

Abstract

Objective: to describe and reflect on the experience lived in the community of the Companion Program for the Elderly in the Municipality of São Paulo- Brazil. Method: the study is characterized as descriptive, reflective, of a qualitative nature, of the experience report type. Result: The Elderly Monitoring Program, through all the actions developed and explained in this experience report, brought numerous benefits to the assisted elderly, the main ones being the resumption of social activities by many who lived alone, as well as the prevention of institutionalization prevention, reduction and prevention of falls with consequent reduction of hospitalizations, adequate control of polypharmacy, improvement of autonomy and maintenance of independence from activities developed by the program. Conclusion: Thus, the quality of life of these elderly people was increasingly present, but for greater evidence of these data, it is necessary to apply more effective and quantitative studies of this applied model.