Objective:to determine the association between the type of hospital and the perception of the elderly about the humanized care of the patient. Materials and methods: the study was cross-sectional descriptive-correlational. The sample was 60 elderly. 30 older adults hospitalized in a private health facility and the other 30 in a public facility of themedical service. The variables that were taken into account were: perception of the older adult about the humanized care provided by the nurse, type of hospital, among other variable sociodemographic. In the descriptive analysis of the categorical variable frequencies and percentages were used. For the inferential analysis, Chi-square and Student's t tests were used.Results: more than half of the elderly had an unfavorable perception about humanized care (58.33%). Being hospitalized in a public facility (96.67%) and having more days of hospitalization were associated with a perception of unfavorable humanized care (100%) and while being hospitalized in a private facility (80%) and having fewer days of hospitalization (61.5% )) were associated with a favorable perception of humanized care.Conclusions: the perception of the elderly about the humanized care offered by the condition is related to the type of hospital and the time of hospitalization. Faced with these findings, look for the authorities of the hospitals under their charge and create awareness actions aimed at nursing staff to provide humanized care to the elderly patient.

Author Name: Neumi Martínez-Carbajal

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Keywords: Aged; Hospitalization; Hospitals; Nursing Care

ISSN: ISSN 2519-0652

EISSN: ISSN 2519-9110

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