Necesidades de salud desde la percepción de las personas mayores Revisión integrativa

Abstract

Objective: To know the health needs from the perspective of older people who live in the community and who promote healthy aging through a bibliographic study, integrative review type. Material and Method: The integrative review of the literature was guided by Ganong's approaches; the period was from 2010 to 2020. The search engines Scielo, Lilacs, Medline were selected. The languages were Spanish, Portuguese and EnglishResults: In the 113 articles found, the inclusion criteria were applied, selecting 30, after a detailed analysis 6 articles were recovered. Due to the broad concept of Health Needs in the Elderly, the Matsumoto taxonomy was used, relating each of the items to the components and, in turn, the relationship between the items. Conclusions: Through the integrative review, articles that refer to the health needs of the elderly were found. Active and healthy aging implies a paradigm shift and it must be the parameter to be followed by the States, focusing attention on the person is a change and not focusing on illness or disability. Respect and promote in the elderly their freedom, autonomy and decision-making power as individuals who are part of the community.