Amanda Maritsa de Magalhães Oliveira

REPRESENTAÇÕES SOCIAIS E ENVELHECIMENTO: UMA REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA DE LITERATURA

Objective: To investigate themed social representations and aging in scientific publications in the health field. Material and Methods: this is an integrative review of the literature performed in the database Electronic Library Online (SciELO) of the Virtual Library in Health (VLH). The sample consisted of 25 articles available between 2000 and 2011. The descriptor ‘social representations and aging’ was selected for retrieving papers. Results: The analysis of the results was carried out by content analysis technique. In this respect, three thematic categories emerged: (1) Quality of life and health-disease process; (2) social representations about aging, elaborated by elderly members of living together groups; and (3) Care for the elderly people: family-caregivers relationship and institutionalization. Conclusion: The diverse studies have indicated the desire of the elderly in achieving their own autonomy, improving health and quality of life. It is also emphasized the benefits of family ties and care, as well as the overload to which caregivers are subjected. DESCRIPTORES: Social Perception. Aging. Health.

Palliative care and spirituality: an integrative literature review.

OBJECTIVE to analyze scientifi c articles published in international online journals about palliative care and spirituality. METHODS an integrative literature review with data collected in September 2014 from the LILACS, SCIELO, MEDLINE/PubMed, and IBECS databases. RESULTS thirty-nine publications were identifi ed and their textual analysis facilitated through four thematic approaches: the meaning of spirituality in the context of palliative care; palliative care and spiritual support; spirituality and relief of pain and other symptoms in patients under palliative care; and instruments to evaluate the spiritual dimension of the scope of palliative care. CONCLUSION this study examined the relevance of the spiritual dimension in the care of patients with palliative care and the need for developing new studies to disseminate knowledge about this topic. DESCRIPTORS Palliative Care; Palliative Care at End of Live; Spirituality; Religion; Health.

Cuidados paliativos y espiritualidad: revision integrativa de literatura

OBJECTIVE to analyze scientifi c articles published in international online journals about palliative care and spirituality. METHODS an integrative literature review with data collected in September 2014 from the LILACS, SCIELO, MEDLINE/PubMed, and IBECS databases. RESULTS thirty-nine publications were identifi ed and their textual analysis facilitated through four thematic approaches: the meaning of spirituality in the context of palliative care; palliative care and spiritual support; spirituality and relief of pain and other symptoms in patients under palliative care; and instruments to evaluate the spiritual dimension of the scope of palliative care. CONCLUSION this study examined the relevance of the spiritual dimension in the care of patients with palliative care and the need for developing new studies to disseminate knowledge about this topic. DESCRIPTORS Palliative Care; Palliative Care at End of Live; Spirituality; Religion; Health.

Cuidados paliativos e espiritualidade: revisao integrativa da literatura

OBJECTIVE to analyze scientifi c articles published in international online journals about palliative care and spirituality. METHODS an integrative literature review with data collected in September 2014 from the LILACS, SCIELO, MEDLINE/PubMed, and IBECS databases. RESULTS thirty-nine publications were identifi ed and their textual analysis facilitated through four thematic approaches: the meaning of spirituality in the context of palliative care; palliative care and spiritual support; spirituality and relief of pain and other symptoms in patients under palliative care; and instruments to evaluate the spiritual dimension of the scope of palliative care. CONCLUSION this study examined the relevance of the spiritual dimension in the care of patients with palliative care and the need for developing new studies to disseminate knowledge about this topic. DESCRIPTORS Palliative Care; Palliative Care at End of Live; Spirituality; Religion; Health.