Fassio Adriana
Dirección Nacional de Políticas para Adultos Mayores, MDS, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pte. Perón 524, Tercer Piso, Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Vertex. 2007 Nov-Dec;18(76):443-7.
The institutionalization is an alternative to the social and health policy to gather for vulnerable frail elderly needs. Despite the low numbers of old people in nursing homes, long term care is associated by the public and, in particular, by old people as a common solution to the latter's special needs of care. This article examines the proposals of international organisations regarding old people's care. Then, from the analysis of the Survey Health, Wellbeing and Ageing in Latin America and Caribbean (SABE), carried out in Buenos Aires in 2001 the views of elderly about nursing homes are examined. Finally, using data gathered by the National Census of Population and Housing (2001), we compare and contrast some key socio-demographic characteristics and living conditions of old people who live in households, those who live in the streets, and those who live in nursing homes.
机构化是社会和卫生政策的一种替代方案，以满足脆弱体弱老年人的需求。尽管养老院中的老年人数量较少，但长期护理被公众，特别是老年人视为解决后者特殊护理需求的常见方案。本文研究了国际组织关于老年人护理的提议。然后，通过对2001年在布宜诺斯艾利斯进行的拉丁美洲和加勒比地区健康、福祉与老龄化调查（SABE）的分析，考察了老年人对养老院的看法。最后，利用2001年全国人口和住房普查收集的数据，我们比较并对比了居住在家庭中的老年人、居住在街头的老年人以及居住在养老院中的老年人的一些关键社会人口特征和生活条件。
