Managers' perceptions of the factors affecting resident and patient safety work in residential settings and nursing homes: A qualitative systematic review.

Identifying ways to ensure resident safety is increasingly becoming a priority in residential settings and nursing homes. The aim of this qualitative systematic review was to identify, describe, and assess research evidence on managers' perceptions regarding the barriers and facilitators of daily resident and patient safety work in residential settings and nursing homes. A qualitative systematic review was conducted following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis checklist. Published studies were sought through academic databases: Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, PubMed (MEDLINE), Scopus, SocINDEX, and Web of Science Core Collection in April 2023. Finally, 12 studies were included. The results of the included studies were synthesized using thematic synthesis after data extraction. According to the results, (1) competent staff and material resources; (2) management and culture; (3) communication, networks, optimal use of expertise; and (4) effective use of guidelines, rules, and regulations play a significant role in the success of resident and patient safety work. The findings revealed that promoting resident safety should not be seen solely as the responsibility of individual residential or nursing home personnel, as it requires multiprofessional cooperation and access to wider networks. Staff and managers must be receptive to learning, changing, and improving safety. Moreover, to ensure resident safety, it is essential to ensure that the organizations support safety work in residential and nursing home units.

Velhice, dependência e vida cotidiana institucional / Oldness, dependency and institutional daily life

Estudo descritivo, de caráter qualitativo. Foram visitadas 21 instituições de residência para idosos, registradas na Secretaria Municipal de Saúde e diferentes bairros da cidade. Todas as instituições eram de origem privada embora algumas recebessem apoio de órgãos públicos sob a forma de recursos financeiros. Essas instituições foram estudadas em seus aspectos históricos, condições de admissão, serviços oferecidos e recursos disponíveis

Crianças em situação de rua falam sobre os abrigos / Ninos sin hogar ablan sobre los abrigos / Children in a street situation talk about the shelters

O artigo versa sobre relatos de crianças de/na rua quanto à experiência de viver em abrigos. Compreende parte de uma investigação, cujo objetivo consistiu em apreender como crianças em situação de rua, na cidade de São Paulo, representam sua trajetória de vida. Os dados, coletados em entrevistas individuais, foram organizados segundo o método de Análise de Conteúdo e preceitos da teoria da Representação Social. As categorias destacadas do discurso transcrito foram agrupadas em experiências significativas para as crianças, entre as quais "os abrigos". A análise dessa categoria evidenciou que a falta de um atendimento mais personalizado e afetuoso nos abrigos contribui para que as crianças optem por se manterem nas ruas.

The paper focuses reports of homeless children about their experience of living in shelters. It's a part of one research of which purpose was to allow the street children themselves, on São Paulo city, to express their representation about their life's trajectory. The data, gathered by individual interviews, were organise according to the method of the Analysis of Contents and principles of the theory of the Social Representation. The categories detached from the speech transcript, were grouped into meaningful experiences for the children, among which "the shelters". The analyse of this category showed clearly that the lack of a personal and affectionate attendance in the shelters contributes to the children choosing to stay in the streets.

El artículo enfoca relatos de niños sin hogar sobre su experiencia de vivir en asilos. Comprende parte de una investigación, cuyo objetivo fue captar como los niños sin hogar, viviendo en las caller de la ciudad de São Paulo, representan su trayectoria de vida. Los datos, recolectados en entrevistas individuales, fueron analizados según el método del Análisis de Contenido y principios de la teoria de la Representación Social. Las categorias, destacadas de las entrevistas transcriptas, fueron reunidas en experiencias significativas a los niños, entre ellas, "los asilos". El análisis de esa categoria evidenció que la falta de una atención más personalizada y más afectiva en los asilos resulta en la decisión de los niños de permanecer en las calles.