Telenursing with elderly people in home care service during the COVID-19 pandemic: quasi-experimental study.

Objective: to evaluate telenursing as a support technology in the transition of care for elderly people and their caregivers in the context of home care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: quasi-experimental before-after, non-randomized study, with 219 elderly people and caregivers from the home care service, divided into 131 in the intervention groups and 88 in the control group. Analytical treatment, descriptive and inferential statistics were carried out.

Physical restraint in elderly in home care: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of mechanical restraint and factors associated with its practice in elderly in Home Care.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with 162 elderly randomly assigned to a home care program in Rio de Janeiro, from March 2018 to July 2018. Used as a technique for data collection and direct observation and structured interview of elderly clinical data.

Mechanical Restraint in Nursing Homes in Brazil: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: to estimate the mechanical restraint prevalence in Nursing Homes in Brazil and the factors associated with its performance.

Methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out in 14 institutions, with a final sample of 443 elderly people. Mechanical restraint was considered as a dependent variable.