Comprehensive care of the elderly: an experience in Miranda municipality of Falcón state

Abstract

Comprehensive Care for the Elderly in their community is a proposal presented to the Municipal Chamber of Miranda in 1994 by Gerontologists graduated from the “Francisco de Miranda” National Experimental University; whose objective was to provide comprehensive care to the elderly in the Miranda municipality of Falcón state and their family, forming the so-called Elderly Circles. This project based on the Vienna International Plan (1992) called for policies and programs aimed at the elderly to promote activities that keep them physically, mentally and spiritually active. Said proposal included the creation of the Municipal Department of Gerontological Care (DMAG) to direct, coordinate, plan and execute care programs for the elderly in the municipality. The DMAG began activities on April 3, 1995 and was inaugurated on May 29 National Day of the Elderly. Currently, gerontologists demand the opportunity to retake this experience in the Municipality.