EMERGENCY CARE OF ELDERLY IN INSTITUTION FOR ELDERLY LONG STAY (LTCF)

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: periodic need good care of decent housing for the elderly in a Long Term Care Institutions for the Elderly - ILPI focusing on some important points and essential to quality of life for institutionalized elderly. Reduce mortality from preventable causes sudden. Prepare and guide all caregivers and healthcare professionals to meet some emergency situations. METHOD: Training in two meetings in ILPI of Belo Horizonte, performed by a doctor who specializes in primary care and a nurse by delivering emergency care for the elderly such as falls, bed sores, choking, convulsions and fainting. Explanatory Booklet was provided and posted on all the institution environments containing illustrations and guidelines of some emergency situations to save lives. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: After guiding and answer questions carers and health professionals felt safer before one of these emergency situations. They were more prepared to act and call for help in the face of such situations. In this sense there is a reduction of exposure to risk getting a good integrity to the health of institutionalized elderly, providing a decent standard of living.