Loneliness on elderly: nursing care method
Ana María Vázquez Casares, Jorge Caballero Huerga, María Elena Fernández Martínez, Cristina Liébana Presa, María Encina Castro González, Daniel Fernández García

SUMMARY

   This study has been the result of a bibliographic revision and a group discussion. It is a suggestion to work within a theoric frame which includes the following classifications: NANDA of Nursing Diagnosis, NIC of Nursing interventions and NOC of Nursing outcomes to establish a nursing care method which solve one of the most common attitude among elderly people: the feeling of loneliness.

  Some of the results associated to the selected diagnosis: quietness, social implication, abilities of social interaction, participation in free time activities and their main actions.

  We consider that to use nursery methodology, including the different taxonomies, is a good method to reduce loneliness feelings and to obtain their independence, favoursing their capacities individually and totally.

KEY WORDS

Loneliness feeling, nursing care method, nursing diagnosis, nursing interventions, nursing outcomes.

Vol. 15 nº2-2004