Assistência domiciliar à idosos: enfoque reflexivo através da análise contextual.

Abstract

It defines "Caregiver" as the person who cares for anyone providing personal hygiene, feeding, leisure, wellness, culture, recreation, health and education, from pre-established by family or institutions goals. This research aimed to analyze the home care provided by the nursing caregiver in Brazil, through contextual reflective analysis of Hinds, Chaves and Cypress. The study was the type reflective literature review using as a benchmark for critical discussion the Contextual Analysis model proposed by Hinds, Chaves and Cypress (1992). So, the studies found were cut out to standardized and categorized into four sub-themes, respecting the conceptual perspective of each context that denoted in reading. The survey took place from January 2016 to February 2016 in the web space of the Virtual Health Library (VHL), through advanced online consultation. That said, the results were categorized into four sub-themes, as follows: the Immediate Context - described the difficulties faced by home caregivers of elderly in the home environment; the specific context - spoke about the physical characteristics of the household; General context - expounded on Home care and Meta context - explored about public policy relevant to health of the elderly. It was possible to see that there are many studies focused on addressing the obstacles of care, thereby realize the need of the importance of active participation of the family in the life and activities of division with the elderly, trying to contribute the maximum to reduce the burden caregiver.