The Elderly in Brazil: reviewing public policies and training of health professionals (original) (raw)
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Objective: To characterize the scientific production of knowledge about public policies for the elderly in Brazil in the areas of health, violence, education and social assistance/participation. Method: scoping review, searching the databases of the VHL, CAPES, ERIC, PubMed, Redalyc and Scielo, since 2003, creation of the Elderly Statute, considering the descriptors 'public policy', 'elderly', 'aged', 'older adults', and their correspondents in Portuguese and Spanish, using the Boolean operators 'AND' and 'OR'. Results: The search resulted in the selection of 21 articles aimed at the elderly in Brazil. The articles presented publications of public policies with little empirical methodologies and a lot of bibliographic research. The Elderly Statute and the Federal Constitution are the most commonly used legal documents in public policy studies. The areas of health, violence and social assistance have exclusive policies for the elderly, ...
The Elderly and Their Experience in Brazil
International Journal of Social Science Studies, 2014
What is the experience of the elderly in Brazil like? This question merits discussion. Concerns with regard to protecting and caring for the elderly have changed in recent decades. The elderly population currently represents around 13% of the total, and the tendency is that this figure will rise over the next few decades. Since the Brazilian Constitution of 1998, a body of legal instruments has been established for protecting the rights of the elderly. This paper tries to analyze this experience of the elderly in relation to public policies. The public policies that have been introduced over the last three decades have contributed towards the elderly becoming more independent. The work is also based on data and studies that have been developed about the elderly and ageing. It was found that the elderly have become more independent, despite the obstacles.
Gerontology in the developing Brazil: Achievements and challenges in public policies
Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 2009
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International Archives of Medicine, 2016
Introduction: Increase of the elderly population, which is a characteristic of developed countries, also occurs in developing countries in a fastest way. Changes in the demographic profile reflect changes in the epidemiological profile of the population, and they require the applicability of public policies such as the Brazilian National Health Policy of the Elderly, which enable the priority for structuration of services and programs encompassing emergent demands Objective: analyze the action strategies of the Brazilian National Health Policy of the Elderly from the perspective of nurses. Method: This is a cross-sectional study of quantitative and qualitative approaches, performed with nurses from the teams of the Family Health Strategy (FHS), situated in the urban area of the city of Juazeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil, from March to April of 2015. Variables of both nurses (sex, age, time of professional formation, and time of experience) and dichotomous (developed strategies in the ...
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Caring Senior: A Brazilian health model with emphasis at light care levels
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Geriatrics in Brazil: A Big Country with Big Opportunities
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