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Objective: recognizing the senses attributed to solitude by the elderly. Method: an exploratory research conducted with 68 elderly with minimum age of 62 years old and maximum of 94, of both genders, residents in institutions of long permanence in the city of João Pessoa - Paraíba, brazil. The data were collected from the semi-structured interview and analyzed with the aid of alceste software: 2010. Results: the analyzed data pointed to five classes or categories in which the elderly associate loneliness to negative dimensions, such as: abandonment and contempt. Conclusion: the representations of the elderly are decurrent from their previous experiences and existing contact or not with their families.

Objective: to present notifications of femoral neck fractures in the elderly. Method: documentary retrospective study from the Health Indicator System and Aging Policy Monitoring on the femur fractures, including: admissions; proportion of hospitalizations and hospitalization rate according to sex. Results: 2008 to 2012 were registered 1,200 procedures related to fractures, among which 687 were in the elderly. Note that in 2009 there was a higher number of admissions in women with a ratio of 2.53 and hospitalization rate of 29,45; in 2010 the proportion of women in hospitalizations was 1.67. Conclusion: The fracture is a public health problem, although it is considered an event of old age, has consequences such as fear of walking, loss of ability to perform daily activities, decreased quality of life, and is the leading cause of hospitalization and death among elderly.

Objective: To describe the profile of informal careers of elderly patients in health facilities in the city of João Pessoa. Method: Study of quantitative, observational and cross through interviews the careers from April to June 2011, using a script data for socio-demographic characteristics of caregivers, information related to health/disease of the elderly and whether they have help in caring for the elderly. We considered as caregivers of elderly people living in the city of João Pessoa-PB and treated at these institutions, making a total of 251 caregivers, which after analysis of the consistency of data collected sample of 219 caregivers. Results: There was a caregiver for the elderly is mostly female, aged between 41 and 50 years, lives with spouse or partner, has twelve or more years of study, is the son of the elderly, but not live with it. They consider themselves informed about health / disease of the elderly and how to care for them, despite not having done any training or specific course. Need help and / or help others to provide nutritional care through the use of medication and takes them to the query returns. Conclusion: However, the results of this study could provide information to health services, so that strategies are formulated and implemented continuing education in health.