National Policy for the Elderly (May 2010 reprint version) |
The national policy for the elderly aims to ensure the social rights of the elderly, creating conditions to promote their autonomy, integration and effective participation in society |
BRAZIL. Law 8.842 of January 04, 1994. Provides on the national policy of the elderly, creates the national council of the elderly and other provisions. Official Gazette, Brasilia, DF, 05 Jan, 1994, p. 77. |
Statute for the Elderly |
The Statute for the Elderly is instituted, aimed at regulating the rights ensured to people aged 60 (sixty) years or more |
BRAZIL, Law 10.741, of October 01, 2003. Provides on the Statute of the Elderly and other provisions. Official Gazette of the Union, Brasília, DF, Section 1, October 03, 2003, p.1. |
International Plan of Action on Ageing |
Instrument for the formulation of policies that guarantee aging with security, dignity, and participation with full rights. |
UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION. International plan of action on ageing. Translation by Arlene Santos, revision of Portuguese by Alkmin Cunha; technical revision by Jurilza M.B. de Mendonça and Vitória Gois. - Brasília: Special Secretariat for Human Rights, 2003. 86 p. |
Active Aging: a health policy |
Health Policy Project seeks to provide information for discussion and formulation of action plans that promote active healthy aging. |
World Health Organization. Active aging: a health policy / World Health Organization; translation Suzana Gontijo. - Brasília: Pan-American Health Organization, 2005. 60p. |
National Health Policy for the Elderly |
Approve the National Policy for the Health of the Elderly |
BRAZIL. Ordinance No. 2.528, October 19, 2006. Approves the National Policy for the Health of the Elderly. Official Gazette of the Union, Brasília, DF, October 20, 2006. Section 1, p. 142. |
Health care for the elderly and aging |
Providing the basis for professionals, managers, students, and educational and research institutions involved with the theme and with the commitment to better care for the elderly and strengthens the commitments made by the 2006 Pact for Health |
BRAZIL. Ministry of Health. Health Care Secretariat. Department of Programmatic and Strategic Actions. Health care for the elderly and aging. Brasília, 2010. 44 p.: il. - (Series B. Basic Health Texts) (Pacts for Health Series 2006, v. 12) |
Basic Health Care Booklet: Aging and Health of the Elderly |
Resolving the needs of the elderly population in Primary Care |
BRAZIL. Ministry of Health. Secretariat of Health Care. Department of Basic Care. Aging and health of the elderly. Brasília: Ministry of Health, 2006. 192 p. il. - (Series A. Norms and Technical Manuals) ( Basic Health Care Booklets, n. 19) |
Health Pact |
Approve the Operational Guidelines of the 2006 Health Pact - Consolidation of the UHS with its three components: Pacts for Life, in Defense of UHS and Management. |
BRAZIL. Ordinance No. 399 of February 22, 2006. Discloses the 2006 Health Pact - Consolidation of UHS and approves the Operational Guidelines of said Pact. Official Gazette of the Union, Brasilia, DF, 23 February 2006, section 1, p. 43. |
State Law regarding the elderly |
State legislation relating to the elderly |
SÃO PAULO (State). Law 12.548 of February 27, 2007. Consolidates the legislation for the elderly. Official Gazette of the State of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 28 Feb. 2007, section I, vol. 117, n. 39, p. 1-4. |
A Practical Guide for the Caregiver |
To guide caregivers in the health care of people of any age, bedridden or with physical limitations who need special care |
BRAZIL. Ministry of Health. Health Care Secretariat. Secretariat of Work Management and Health Education. Practical Guide for the Caregiver. Brasília: Ministry of Health, 2008. 64 p.: il. - (Series A. Norms and Technical Manuals) |
Caring Better and Preventing Violence - Manual for the Caregiver of the Elderly |
Instrumentalize formal and informal caregivers in their qualification and confrontation to violence against the elderly and help in the formation or training of caregivers |
BRASIL. Special Secretariat for Human Rights, Undersecretariat for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights. Better Caring and Avoiding Violence - Handbook for the Caregiver of the Elderly / Tomiko Born (organizer) - Brasília, 2008. 330 p.; 30 cm |
Surveillance and prevention of falls in the elderly |
Contribute to the development of models and techniques of action in the prevention of falls and the production of advances to face the situation related to the grievance and to impact on its reduction. |
SÃO PAULO (State). Health Secretariat. Surveillance and prevention of falls in the elderly. Editors: Marilia C. P. Louvison and Tereza Etsuko da Costa Rosa - São Paulo: SES/SP, 2010. |
National Commitment to Active Aging |
Establishes the National Commitment to Active Aging and creates an Interministerial Commission to monitor and evaluate actions in its scope and to promote the articulation of public agencies and entities involved in its implementation. |
BRAZIL. Decree 8,114 of September 30, 2013. Establishes the National Commitment to Active Aging and creates the Interministerial Commission to monitor and evaluate actions within its scope and promote the coordination of public agencies and entities involved in its implementation. Official Gazette of the Union, Brasília, DF, October 1, 2013, section 1, page 1. |
Health Booklet for the Elderly |
Qualify the care offered to the elderly in the Brazilian National Health System |
BRAZIL. Ministry of Health. Health Care Secretariat. Department of Specialized and Thematic Care. Handbook of the Health of the Elderly. 4 ed. Brasília, 2017. 61 p. |