The objective of this documental analysis is to discuss the legal aspects involved in the development of elderly care policies in Brazil, considering the socio-historical-political context, and in view of the aspects that outline the wellbeing of an aged individual. Data collection was performed between June and September of 2010 via governmental websites. Documents were included if they complied with the proposed objective; were connected with elderly care policies, and lay within the legal accomplishments regarding elderly care policies in 2006 and the Elói Chaves Law of 1923. This analysis indicated that elderly wellbeing depends significantly on resource allocation in sectors other than the healthcare area, with emphasis on the elderly in the labor market and the feminization of old age. It is expected that the community and administrators will discuss the needs of the elderly population and the integration of care networks that remain necessary for the heterogeneity of this population.

The predominant communication action is information conveyance by the coordinator, centered on a behavioralist and prescriptive discourse. Communication practices focused on dialogue is recommended, allowing the coordinator and group members freedom in regards to emergent issues in the group, so they learn to recognize and reflexively discuss them in context.

This study aimed to reveal the technologies of working with groups of diabetic and hypertensive peoples in the perspective of Family Health professionals. It is a qualitative research, carried through in the primary care units of a sanitary district of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The data had been analyzed according to the technique of content analysis proposed by Bardin. The study showed that the groups coordinators need a theoretical foundation and that exist the incorporation of technologies that embrace the context of a practice sometimes exists little criticized and differentiated and others wrapped up by diversified elements of the care. In this direction, sensitization for the necessity of the technologies that allows humanized attitudes, not only in the perspective of the coordinators, but also in the users', as the look at the diabetic and hypertensive peoples goes beyond the monitoring related to the use of medicines.

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Objective: describe how music is used in the development of group educational activity in Family Health. Methods: a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study, developed with 10 group coordinators, distributed in five basic care units in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Data were collected from March to July, 2009, with non participant observation in the group itself, and semi-structured interviews with the coordinators. Information was organized and categorized according to thematic analysis. To interpret the data, the Snyderian concepts in addition to theoretical references about music, communication and health education were used. Results: three thematic nuclei were found: the affective dimension of music; recreative dimension of music and the reflexive dimension of music. Conclusion: an attempt by the coordinators was observed, to overcome the pathological barriers with the use of music, considering the group as a whole.As advancement for the production of knowledge, this study shows the need for qualification of these coordinators, by means of workshops and constant follow-up of their musical practices. . Teaching leads students to starting with that which they like as the objective of knowing and understanding the production of great masters, with these being guides in the quest for knowledge (7) .In view of the foregoing, the group coordinator needs to be prepared to act in new health education models, assuming new tasks and suiting himself/herself to changes arising from the present health policy in force in the country, whose aim is the integrality of care.It is expected that the coordinator is a communicator capable of arousing the participants' interest by means of strategies that could guarantee that they are kept in the group, considering the cognitive and psychological factors involved in the learning process, which may be achieved through music. Therefore, the presupposition of this study was that music is an advantageous strategy for educational actions, communication vehicle and group integration.Thus, it was sought to contribute towards answering the following question: how have the coordinators communicated with education groups in Family Health, considering music as a teaching-learning strategy?The justification for conducting this study is the consideration that up to now, there are few researches in this area that present non traditional strategies in favor of more participative health education. In spite of the prevalence of groups focused on disease, in practice, there is predominance of communicational practices of information being passed on by the coordinator, centered on the behaviorist and prescriptive discourse (8) , one observes a trend towards the use of pedagogical strategies that point towards creative and participative pathways that deserve to be explored.In view of the foregoing, the aim of this study was to describe how music is used in the development of group educational activity in Family Health. MethodsThis qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study, was dev...