[The care in the prevention of falls in elderly people: Meta-summary of qualitative articles].

Objective: To summarize the qualitative evidence on the role of care providers in the prevention of falls of persons over 65 years of age in centres and in the community.

Design: Meta-summary of qualitative evidence following the aggregation method.

Data Sources: Extensive manual search of 16 databases (CINAHL, Pubmed/Medline, Embase, PsycInfo, Cochrane Library, PeDRO, Opengrey (Reports), Cuiden, Cuidatge, Enfispo, Medes, Lilacs, Teseo, Dissertation and Thesis Global and Ibecs), in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese; no time limit.

[Fall prevention in older people and their families: a qualitative synthesis].

Objective: To analyse and synthesize the evidence on fall prevention of people older than 65 years and their family care providers METHOD: Qualitative synthesis, which is a part of a convergent systematic integrative review. Forty-one qualitative studies were retained for full text scrutiny. Nine studies on family care providers were selected for this synthesis.

Situating Preventive Action in a Moral and Clinical Context: A Qualitative Synthesis on Fall Prevention.

The prevention of falls is an integral part of the safety culture of health institutions with mandatory fall prevention programs set within health care facilities. Care providers are key in identifying the risks of falls and in implementing strategic actions to prevent them. With the aim to better understand practices of fall prevention, we conducted a synthesis of qualitative evidence on care providers' practices to prevent older people from falling in health care facilities.

[To recuperate and preserve the relative: Family caregivers strategies to manage mental health crisis].

Aim: To know and understand the strategies carried out by the relatives of people with mental health problems in the care of their sick relatives.

Design: Qualitative study SETTING: Mental Health Service (SESCAM) and Social Health Centres of Castilla-La Mancha region (Spain).

Participants: Twenty-four adult family members who live and care for a family member who suffers a mental health crisis.

To manage a complex dependency: The experience of caregiving after a fall.

Aim: To understand the experience of family members of an older relative who has had a fall which required medical attention.

Background: There is abundant bibliography in caregiving, but little is known about the problems faced by caregivers and how family members cope when their older relative has a fall.

Design: Qualitative study that used a symbolic interactionism perspective.

Material world and social recognition: Nursing care in Spain (1855-1955).

Objective: This study sought to recognize the active and symbolic role played by the objects from the material world for nursing care in Spain between 1855 and 1955.

Methodology: This was a historical study using procedures from founded theory. The information sources were eight handbooks for the formation of healthcare professionals published in Spain, during the period of interest.