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    Effectiveness of home-based palliative care in the older adult
    (Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2020-02-16) Murga Tovar, Lizette Carmela; Quinto Jurado, Olga; Avila Vargas Machuca, Jeannette Giselle
    Objective: Systematize evidence on the effectiveness of care home palliatives in the elderly. Material and Method: Systematic analysis of ten articles was carried out. Scientists on the effectiveness of home palliative care for the patient older adult. The articles presented were found in the database Scielo, Pubmed, Dialnet, Lilacs and Epistemonicos. All were analyzed according to the Grade scale to determine the quality of evidence and strength of recommendation. Results: The selected articles were of high quality of evidence; 50% systematic reviews and 50% clinical trials randomized. 30% of the evidence found comes from United States, 20% from Sweden, 20% from England and 10% from China. Australia and Ireland respectively. They all report that palliative care home treatments are effective because they reduce in-hospital infections, reduces readmissions to hospitals, avoids therapeutic fierceness, the family becomes more involved in the care on your patient and are less expensive than palliative care hospital. Conclusions: Home palliative care is effective as long as the family is sensitized, trained and committed to care, guaranteeing an adequate environment. HE recommends before starting home palliative care to perform a comprehensive evaluation of the patient including the family.