Perfil dos idosos com mais de 80 anos cadastrados pela Equipe de Saúde da Família 18 de Patos de Minas/MG

Abstract

This study was proposed to identify the elderly population, with more than eighty years, residents in the area covered by the Family Health Program 18, in Patos de Minas - MG. This identification was characterized by evaluating the profile of each senior inserted in the defined area. For the preparation of the work we decided to do an initial review of the literature in the databases LILACS, BDENF, Cielo, as well as the analysis of chips "A" of the Family Health Team. There was a script with the data collected would be of importance in these chips. Health workers have raised is that this data. Each made an analysis of the records of your micro area. The research showed that the profile of elderly in the area of the cut does not escape the national trend, whose characteristics are expressed in increasing life expectancy, especially the fact that the percentage of older women to be greater than that of men. The literacy presents a large percentage of illiterates. The income comes mostly from the pension benefit. It was also found that there is a very large percentage of elderly people living alone, or in the company of a spouse, who is also elderly. On the issue of health, older respondents reported fewer hospitalizations, indicating a predominance of chronic diseases whose treatment requires continuing use of these drugs, attesting to the frequency of these diseases. The results will allow the team work of the Family Health Pograma-18, Patos de Minas to mount a program of services tailored to the profile of these elderly people, giving them thus the best quality life possible.