Programa maior cuidado do município de Belo Horizonte

Abstract

Assessing the phenomenon of population aging, the City hall of Belo Horizonte began an intersectoral discussion, which culminated in the creation of the Programa Maior Cuidado (Greater Care Program), in the municipality, in 2011, with the aim of supporting vulnerable families in the care of dependent or semi-dependent elderly people through home care. This is an offer from the Social Assistance Policy with the co-management of the Health Policy. In Brazil, initiatives of this nature are scarce, making it important to know their organization and scope of this Program. In this work, based on the concepts and regulations of these two Policies, we sought to understand their functioning and their main results, through an integrative bibliographic review and analysis of the Program's official documents. The results were described, as recommended in Laurence Bardin's methodology, within analysis categories. In this Work, the categories are: Intersectorality; Health Promotion and Violence Prevention; Program Evaluation; Analysis of PMC data, in 2023; and Operation of the Program. The study demonstrated the potential of the Program, how these two Policies are appropriated by the Program and how the intersectoral initiative is woven into the daily work of the professionals involved.