FEATURES AND PROFILE OF ENROLLED IN ELDERLY FAMILY HEALTH PROGRAM

Abstract

This essay aims to provide brief information about aspects of aging on their influence on functional capacity, not only on the intrinsic factors, such as physiological and disease, but as to extrinsic factors such as socioeconomic and demographic diversity. And talk about the need to investigate the profile of seniors enrolled in Family Health Programs, as in the administrative region of Paranoá, Distrito Federal.

Keywords

• gerontology
• aging
• elderly
• socio-demographic profile