The committed integrality of the elderly in a situation of violence during the COVID-19 pandemic

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: to analyze the scientific evidence on the impairment of integrality of the older person after cases of violence during the COVID-19 pandemic METHOD: Integrative review of articles in the Virtual Health Library (VHL), SCIELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online), LILACS (Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences), BDENF (Nursing Database), PubMed, published in the last five years, from the descriptors Elder Abuse, Elderabuse, Elderly (Aged), Violence, Pandemic by COVID-19 (COVID-19 pandemic). For improvement, the PRISMA flowchart was used. RESULTS: Five articles were identified that cases of violence against the older person had a great increase in the pandemic due to social isolation, which affect the integrality of the older person through physical, psychological and social aspects. CONCLUSION: The study brings great relevance to the current scenario and to the sectors interested in cases of violence against the old person that have a considerable increase in current society, especially in times of pandemic.