The Elderly and the Nurse's Vision of Public Health

In 2025 Brazil will be the sixth country in the world with the largest number of elderly people. In view of this there was an importance of knowing the role of nurses in the nursing consultation in primary care aimed at the elderly. The objectives of this work were: to characterize the vision of the elderly and the nurse against the nursing consultation, show the importance of the role of the nurse in the nursing consultation provided to the elderly; to verify if the nursing care to the elderly is being provided according to the Health Booklet of the Elderly; to analyze if the professional nurse is able to meet in the health care of the elderly. This is a field research with a qualitative-descriptive approach, in a city in the interior of Piauí - PI. The research took place in three Basic Health Units, one in the urban area and two in the rural area, being interviewed 15 elderly people and 3 nursing professionals. It is important that the elderly of this region are seen in a multiprofessional way, so that there is specific care within their health. Nursing needs to have a holistic look at these elderly, and bring to their midst things that draw attention to self-care.