title: [Educational geronto-technology for ostomized seniors from a complexity perspective].
abstract: We aimed to present the educational booklet as a geronto-technological product for caring for ostomized seniors from a complexity perspective. This was accomplished in the second semester of 2007 in a hospital in the south of Brazil. The data were collected through interviews and presented in the form of an educational booklet. The booklet was validated by ostomized seniors and by a nurse who had been working with these elderly patients. The booklet was presented as a geronto-technology able to help ostomized seniors and their families understand the rights of ostomized people; concepts and types of stomas; care of ostomy; and the importance of the family and the support group for care. In conclusion, the educational booklet is presented as a health promotion tool which makes the health educative process easier.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brasil. edaiane_barros@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Edaiane Joana Lima
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.forename: Silvana Sidney Costa
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Giovana Calcagno
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Alacoque Lorenzini
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Erdmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018961:Educational Technology; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D010030:Ostomy / Q000451:nursing*