Long-term care facilities for the elderly: from legislation to needs

Ezequiel Vitório Lini; Marilene Rodrigues Portella; Marlene Doring; Maria Izabel Penha de Oliveira Santos

doi:10.15253/2175-6783.2015000200019

Authors

Ezequiel Vitório Lini Universidade de Passo Fundo. Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
Marilene Rodrigues Portella Universidade de Passo Fundo. Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
Marlene Doring Universidade de Passo Fundo. Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
Maria Izabel Penha de Oliveira Santos Universidade do Estado do Pará. Belém, PA, Brazil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2015000200019

Keywords:

Aged, Homes for the Aged, Public Policies.

Abstract

Objective: to analyze existing federal legislation on public policies that deal with the elderly’s rights, with emphasis on the assistance provided in long-term care facilities for the elderly and the practical impact of these laws. Methods: this is a documentary analysis of descriptive character. Results: one identified, among nineteen laws, decrees and ordinances in the last 25 years, significant developments aimed at the elderly’s welfare, as well as structural proposals and the supervision of long-term care institutions. Conclusion: the analysis conducted in the documents allowed the conclusion that the needs point to the decentralization of institutions, increase of vacancies and bigger financial investment of public institutions.

Author Biographies

Ezequiel Vitório Lini, Universidade de Passo Fundo. Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.

Universidade de Passo Fundo. Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
Marilene Rodrigues Portella, Universidade de Passo Fundo. Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.

Universidade de Passo Fundo. Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
Marlene Doring, Universidade de Passo Fundo. Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.

Universidade de Passo Fundo. Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
Maria Izabel Penha de Oliveira Santos, Universidade do Estado do Pará. Belém, PA, Brazil.

Universidade do Estado do Pará. Belém, PA, Brazil.