Introduction: The professional qualification of nurses and health professionals from geriatric areas is poor, and can lead to complications in the medical treatment of the elderly when they are hospitalized. Purpose: Our aim was to examine and present specific features that influence on the recovery of elderly people, and to which the nurses and the other medical staff should pay more attention. Methods: In this thesis, we used a descriptive method with a systematic review of the literature. In search of the literature was used literature namely from 2001 to 2017. The literature was searched in English with keywords postoperative health care AND perioperative care elderly AND postoperative nursing AND gerioperative nursing in databases CINAHL, Science Direct, Google Scholar, PubMed and COBISS. The analysis included 20 articles. Results: Elderly are not more sensitive to pain, but they are more sensitive to drugs, so the required amount of an opiate, in combination with a peripherally acting analgesic should be adjusted. When discharged from the hospital, 30-41% of patients suffer from post-operative cognitive disorders. The psychosomatic disorders after surgery develop because of some medicines and various factors during surgery and after surgery. Discussion and conclusion: Elderly need a lot of our medical support and care, with repeated instruction, guidance and constant motivation. The biggest impact on patients recovery is the feeling that they are in safe hands, the attention, care, adherence surgeons and good advice of nursing stuff. Medical personnel should more systematically assess patients stress and pain, and improve their hospital experience. In the light of all the facts, we assume and conclude that it would be more useful for the patients and cheaper for the heath care if staff would be more informed and educated about the specifics of post-operative care and talk about feelings and emotions with the elderly in sensitive postoperative period and take care for their release, before sending them to further investigations.
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