The economic survival of long stay institutions for impoverished aged people La supervivencia económica de hogares para ancianos empobrecidos A sobrevivência econômica de instituições de longa permanência para idosos empobrecidos

OBJECTIVE: Identify structural couplings of Retirement Institutions for the Aged (RIA) with the economic system, in order to maintain those institutions that shelter the poor aged in the Brazilian context. METHOD: Qualitative, exploratory-descriptive study. The data collection was carried out throug...

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Main Authors: Marion Creutzberg, Lúcia Hisako Takase Gonçalves, Emil Albert Sobottka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2007-10-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692007000700006