“…29 In addition, due to the many changes that have occurred in family arrangements in recent times, the elderly have been identified as a fundamental family support, not only for the income of their pensions, supporting unemployed or sick relatives and providing the family, but also actively participating in the organization of the family, such as support for home care and with small children. 29,34 In this same line of thought, schooling and income are factors that strongly influence the health situation of the population. Older people with higher levels of schooling and income are more empowered and independent for self-care, including the correct use of medicines, means of transportation and communication, whereas those with lower purchasing power and intellectual, most of them women, are more susceptible Diseases and, consequently, need more attention to health.. [35][36] Another important aspect to be highlighted is the transformation of aging as a social issue, previously seen only as a particularity of the private and family sphere.…”