A rede de saúde e de assistência social: uma análise dos serviços para idosos em Chapecó/SC

Abstract

With the increasing life expectancy of the population in recent decades, people in developed and emerging countries have a young profile for an older population profile, which have predominated health issues and relevant long-term needs and social demands. Thus, it is understood that the elderly demand special attention of managers the need for investment through effective and complementary policies between different levels of care both in the health sector, as in foster care. Thus, this study aims to identify the health and social care services aimed at the elderly population in the city of Chapecó/SC , and geotag all services found the network of local health departments services (SESAU) and social assistance (SEASC), trying to understand how the articulation of services, such as hang together and how they work on the actions proposed and implemented by them from the analysis of documents.We used a qualitative approach to conducting a descriptive exploratory study of documentary type and also telematic on websites, in lifting the regulations, existing and recommended guidelines for officially attention to the elderly. Next was made collection and analysis of documents used for these services, which were analyzed from the perspective of the Statute of the Elderly and were analyzed by categories as guides Bardin. It was possible to relate the documents in 04 (four) categories such as: "Rights", "Guidelines", "Programs/ Protocols" and "Encouraging Healthy Habits". The search for documents served to the knowledge of the policies, standards and guidelines that health services and social services have adopted as theoretical support to date in the field collection. It was found that both the health services and social assistance are well distributed throughout the municipality, but it was realized that these services guide their actions in a piecemeal fashion with each other.