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- Title
Long-term care facilities for the elderly: from legislation to needs.
- Authors
Vitório Lini, Ezequiel; Rodrigues Portella, Marilene; Doring, Marlene; de Oliveira Santos, Maria Izabel Penha
- Abstract
Objective: to analyze existing federal legislation on public policies that deal with the elderly’s rights, with emphasis on the assistance provided in long-term care facilities for the elderly and the practical impact of these laws. Methods: this is a documentary analysis of descriptive character. Results: one identified, among nineteen laws, decrees and ordinances in the last 25 years, significant developments aimed at the elderly’s welfare, as well as structural proposals and the supervision of long-term care institutions. Conclusion: the analysis conducted in the documents allowed the conclusion that the needs point to the decentralization of institutions, increase of vacancies and bigger financial investment of public institutions.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; LONG term health care -- Law &; legislation; ELDER care; DECENTRALIZATION in management; NURSING home patients; NURSING care facilities; QUALITY of life; RESEARCH funding; PATIENTS' rights; GOVERNMENT policy; OLD age
- Publication
Rev Rene, 2015, Vol 16, Issue 2, p284
- ISSN
1517-3852
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15253/2175-6783.2015000200019