| Contextual Care |
Interventions |
| Provide materials such as: clocks, calendars, cell phones, books, magazines, radios, televisions, whiteboards, pens, papers and personal belongings of the patient |
Provide and make available materials that can be used in temporal and spatial orientation, cognitive stimulation and communication with the older adult. Also, encourage their involvement in the proposed activities. |
| Reduce artificial lighting at night |
Provide indirect lighting at night to maintain sleep patterns. |
| Reduce the environmental noise in the ICU |
Monitor and maintain adequate noise volume levels in the ICU. |
| Promote privacy |
Maintain, whenever possible, individual beds, using curtains or screens, with a view to the well-being of the patient and the performance of care. |
| Adjust monitor and machine alarms |
Set monitors and machines to night mode, which lowers volume and dims displays, reducing noise and promoting sleep. |
| Provide natural light in the environment |
Provide physical structure that allows natural light to the patient, promoting day/night orientation. |
| Control the ambient temperature |
Maintain a pleasant ICU room temperature. |
| Flexibility in visiting hours in the ICU |
Allow and encourage the visit of family members or companions who have an emotional relationship with the older adult. |
