Resumo:
Aging is a process, in which physiological changes occur called senescence, and changes
caused by diseases called senility. Given the exponential increase in the number of elderly in
the population and the number of asylums in Brazil, this work is interested to know what the
situation of abandonment in old age in our country. The question that guided this research is:
What is the production of knowledge about the abandonment in old age in databases SciELO,
and LILACS UNATI? The goal is to identify the production of knowledge about the
abandonment in old age in databases SciELO, LILACS and UNATI. This is a literature
search, systematic review type, with a qualitative approach. Results show five articles
SciELO, eight articles LILACS and two of the UNATI. After reading the articles were listed
the following categories: 1. Family abandonment; 2. Reasons leading to abandonment; 3. Feelings experienced when in a situation of abandonment; 4.Violência and abandonment; 5. Disruption of family ties. Abandonment can occur for socioeconomic reasons and a feeling
related abandonment is sadness. The abandonment was expressed as violence to the elderly. The rupture of family ties is evidenced by its emotional fragility. Given the above, it is
necessary that the nursing staff working in institutions, monitor elderly visited or not, noting
fewer visits, or lack thereof, and seeks to these families, advising them about the importance
of presence and emotional support for elderly people, sensitizing also, visitors families to lend
a sympathetic reception to the elderly has not visited, aiming to reduce the feeling of
abandonment reported by elderly.
