Monitoramento de indicadores de saúde em Instituições de Longa Permanência para Idosos

Abstract

This study aimed to present health indicators that identify problems related to elders who reside in Long Permanence Institutions for the Elderly (Brazilian acronym ILPI). It consists of a descriptive and longitudinal study conducted in collaboration with the Sanitary Surveillance (Brazilian acronym VISA) and the ILPI of Natal city. The study included reports sent by the institutions to the Sanitary Surveillance between 2013 and 2014. The population in the study was composed by 16 ILPI registered by VISA. Data were collected between June and August 2015. As for the indicators, it was observed that ILPI presented, in 2013 and 2014, respectively, a high mortality rate (3.9%; 11%), and high rates of incidence of diarrhea (5.8%; 24,5%), of dehydration (3,9%; 23,6%), of decubitus ulcer (2.6%; 21.6%), and of malnutrition (11%; 27.3%) over the total of institutionalized elders. When it comes to falls, only few institutions notified them; this fact undermines the monitoring of one of the most prevalent problems inside the institutional environment. All these efforts may contribute to implementing measures that favor the improvement of care of the institutionalized elders, as joint activities between health promotion, and prevention of health problems may be arranged and executed