title: [Frailty in elderly people: what nursing research has produced].
abstract: This integrative literature review aims to identify scientific production in nursing about frailty in elderly people using the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Latin-American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde - LILACS) and Scopus. The study included 16 articles, two published in Brazilian periodicals and 14 of other nations. The review shows that 37.5% (6) of the articles focus on a paradigm shift regarding the care model and 26.7% (4) highlight the family as the primary care unit in the context of a frail elder. It is noted that the nurse plays a key role in the context of frailty, in the development of individual care, and in the support of family members and other caregivers of frail elders.
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. carollinck15@yahoo.com.br
authors: Caroline de Leon
authors: Cde L
authors: Linck
authors: Maria da Graça Oliveira
authors: Mda G
authors: Crossetti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015706:Bibliometrics; D001938:Brazil; D017028:Caregivers; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016330:Frail Elderly; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006801:Humans; D046609:Libraries, Digital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015399:Nursing Research; D011788:Quality of Life; D012941:Social Responsibility; D012944:Social Support