Abstract:
Objective: To elucidate the role of nurses in the face of violence against the elderly.
Methodology: This is a narrative review of the literature, with the theme of nursing
care in the face of violence against the elderly. A review was carried out in the
electronic databases BVS, SciELO and Google Scholar Results: Violence against
the elderly deserves special attention due to the physical and psychological trauma
that can be developed by this age group, the elderly described that nursing care play
a fundamental role in helping to identify and denounce cases of violence against the
elderly, with substantial health education in the community, which can be better
visualized in the excerpts that follow. Conclusion: It can be concluded that the
nursing professional must be increasingly trained to provide better care in cases of
violence against the elderly, and that their role in identifying and combating this
practice is essential.
