This is a bibliographic research that aimed at analyzing the scientific production about the aged in Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Brazilian Nursing Journal), in the period from 2000 to 2006. It was carried out bibliographic data bases using the following descriptors: senior, nursing, gerontology. It was analyzed eighteen scientific articles. In 2004 it happened the largest number of publications. Regarding authorship of the articles, most had the participation of doctors, most of this production concentrated on the southeast area with qualitative approach and preponderance of hospital as the scenario. The scientific production of nursing about the aged is initial, recent and relevant.
Aged; Nursing; Gerontology
