Health intechnologies and their applicability for nursing practice in elderly

Objective: To analyze the national literature on the production of health technologies and its applicability to nursing practice in the elderly. Methodology: This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, carried out through the Integrative Literature Review (RIL), where the following 6 steps were adopted: 1-Identification of the research question; 2-Establishment of criteria for inclusion and exclusion of studies; 3-Definition of the information to be extracted from the studies, data evaluation; 4-Analysis of the studies included in the review; 5-Interpretation of results; 6-Presentation of the review and synthesis of knowledge. Data were collected in the databases LILACS, BDENF and SciELO with selected articles in the period 2009 to 2018, where they were analyzed according to Bardin content.The search resulted in 10 articles, emerging 3 thematic categories. Results: In the articles found, all the technologies created and implemented emerged from superficialities and limitations in health practices of professionals and caregivers of elderly. Conclusion: Most bibliographic productions on educational technologies in the elderly are performed by nurses in order to stimulate the quality of care and provide the expansion of knowledge and care practices to the elderly.