Health promotion of frail elderly individuals and at risk of frailty.

OBJECTIVE

To identify interventions for the health promotion of frail elderly individuals and those at risk of frailty.

METHOD

Integrative review of the literature performed in the following databases: LILACS, CINAHL, MEDLINE, Web of Science, COCHRANE and Scopus, using the.

DESCRIPTORS

"frail elderly", "aging", "health services for the aged" and "health promotion" combined with Boolean operators "AND" and "OR".

RESULTS

Randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) classified as level of evidence II represented 82.6% of studies. Interventions were analyzed according to the following categories: Interventions for the elderly at risk of frailty and Interventions for the frail elderly.

CONCLUSION

The following interventions were identified: educational multiprofessional group meetings, physical training, home visit/home care program, nutrition assessment and supplementation, health maintenance programs and cognitive training; models/programs of management and monitoring, use of assistive technology devices and hospitalization program for geriatric rehabilitation.