Reorganização da Atenção à Saúde do Idoso na Unidade Básica de Saúde no município de Monjolos, Minas Gerais

Abstract

Brazil is going through a major change in its demographic pyramid with an increasingly aging population. In this context, it is clear that health services are finding difficulties in the work process, especially in the organized and systematic assistance to the elderly. This fact was observed in Primary Health Care of Monjolos, Minas Gerais, and this theme was developed from a work review narrative is to reorder assistance to the Health of the Elderly in the Family Health Strategy. From this proposal, we carried out a literature review together with the computerized databases of the Virtual Health Library from 2003 to 2011, which contributed to the elaboration of a protocol of care to the elderly. The views of different authors are described and the results discussed later. It is believed that after the conclusion of this study and the drafting of the protocol of assistance to the elderly, we can better organize the flow of care for these seniors, approaching thus, a humanized and efficiently by our team.