title: Home intervention as a tool for nursing care: evaluation of the satisfaction of the elderly.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the results of home nursing interventions according to the satisfaction of the elderly users.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ex-post facto evaluative, qualitative and descriptive research, conducted from November 2015 to January 2016 with 12 dependent elderly individuals accompanied by an extension project in the city of Maringá, PR, Brazil. Data were collected after home interventions based on the Single-User Treatment Project, by means of semi-structured interviews subjected to content analysis and the theoretical framework of Donabedian.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The following thematic categories emerged: "home nursing intervention: synonymous with joy, distraction and bonding" and" home nursing intervention: health and lifestyle transformations".
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The home nursing interventions had positive results that signal the quality of the provided care.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brasil.
authors.forename: Iara Sescon
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brasil.
authors.forename: Giselle Fernanda
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Previato
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brasil.
authors.forename: Giovana Aparecida de Souza
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Scolari
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ana Caroline Oliveira
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ligia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Carreira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brasil.
authors.forename: Vanessa Denardi Antoniassi
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Baldissera
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009732:Nursing Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011787:Quality of Health Care