RESUMO: Trata-se de estudo quantitativo descritivo transversal, cujo objetivo foi retratar o perfil de saúde-doença dos idosos mais velhos, usuários da atenção básica de saúde. Participaram do estudo 100 idosos de 80 anos ou mais, selecionados mediante critérios de inclusão e exclusão, no período amostral de fevereiro a abril de 2011. Para a coleta dos dados, foi utilizado questionário semiestruturado adaptado e as informações foram analisadas por estatística descritiva. Os resultados apontaram o perfil constituído por idosos longevos sedentários, portadores de doenças crônicas e comorbidades, que referem hábitos saudáveis de vida, avaliam sua saúde como razoável, utilizam diversos medicamentos e possuem como principais atividades de lazer assistir à televisão e realizar serviços domésticos. Os achados permitem constatar a necessidade de estimular atividades que promovam a socialização, já que as trocas de experiências podem proporcionar melhores cuidados individuais, evitar o sedentarismo e intensificar o controle das doenças e dos medicamentos. Palavras-Chave: Idoso de 80 anos ou mais; enfermagem geriátrica; longevidade; centros de saúde. ABSTRACT: This quantitative, descriptive, transversal study aimed to profile the health and disease status of older-old primary health care users. Study participants were 100 older adults 80 or more years old, selected on inclusion and exclusion criteria during the sample period from February to April 2011. Data were collected by adapted, semi-structured questionnaire, and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results revealed a profile consisting of sedentary oldest-old, with chronic diseases and comorbidities, who report healthy living habits, assess their health as fair, use various drugs, and whose main leisure activities are television and household chores. The findings reveal a need to encourage activities that foster socialization, since sharing experience can provide better self-care, prevent sedentary lifestyle, and intensify control of diseases and medicines.

Introduction: The health status of caregivers is associated with satisfaction with life and so in the way of delivering care to the elderly with Alzheimer’s. Objective: To evaluate the health status and life satisfaction of family caregivers of elderly with Alzheimer’s, users of a Reference Center for Care in Alzheimer’s disease in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Materials and methods: This is a cross-sectional quantitative study. The convenience sample consisted of 208 family caregivers and selected during the period December 2009 to February 2010, through the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The study was conducted in the Reference Center. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and application of the scales: Zarit caregiver burden interview, Subjective Well-Being and Functional Staging. For statistical analysis, we applied the Chi-square, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis test, using Epi-Info 6.04. Results were considered statistically significant if their level was less than 5% (p