Assistência ao idoso que convive com depressão na atenção básica: revisão narrativa de literatura.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: This study deals with the care of elderly people living with depression. Depression has affected a significant number of people around the world and does not have a specific public, since every subject is susceptible to this health problem. OBJECTIVE: To identify, in literary findings, how multiprofessional care directed to the elderly affected by depression occurs. METHODOLOGY: A literature review was adopted as methodology, whose target population is elderly, since the cases of depression in this age group have grown significantly and have worried the authorities and professionals who work in the area of health. To construct the discussion we used the search sites Scielo, Lilacas, BIREME. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: According to the literature, it was observed that depression has reached the elderly population, which already lives with the predisposing factors of aging, and that basic care needs to create mechanisms to cope with this health problem. , to qualify the multiprofessional team to deal with this health condition of the elderly, considering that, the literature demonstrates that health professionals present limitations on the more specific knowledge related to depression and that only with the qualification of these professionals will it be possible to minimize the impact of the depressive state on the elderly, the family and society in general. CONCLUSION: It is concluded, therefore, that the role that health professionals should exercise in relation to the elderly person who lives with depression requires specific knowledge about this health problem, due to the complexity that this disease presents. In this sense, all staff should be able to develop effective actions regarding the health of the elderly, to solve, mitigate or delay problems, such as depression presented in this age group. However, it is evident the need for the implementation or effective implementation of mental health practices in the primary health care network, as an integral assistance of the multiprofessional team with the health of the elderly.