Self-care concept for people with elimination ostomy: a scoping review.

Objective: To analyze the literature for terminology, classifications, and factors influencing the adoption of self-care in people with an elimination ostomy.

Method: Scoping review, according to JBI methodology and, for structuring the article, the extension of the PRISMA checklist. The search included studies from 2018 to 2023, in four databases, with specific descriptors and alternative terms.

[Epidemiological, clinical and of functional independence profile of an institutionalized elderly population].

Descriptive and sectional study to describe socio-demographic, clinical and functional independence profile of 97 institutionalized elderly in two nursing homes of Itaúna-MG. A socio-demographic and clinical data and Independence Daily Living Activity of Katz instruments were used. It was found a predominance of elderly women (59%), mean age of 77, illiterate (55%), white (67%), single (63%), without children (68%) and 30% lived alone and had difficulty to perform daily living activities, which is the main reason for institutionalization.