Abstract Body

The medicine students from UNIVERSIDADE DO OESTE PAULISTA (UNOESTE) made a work of health education, with Elderly people who lives in São Rafael nursing home, to attend the health necessities of this population institutionalized, what is a growing reality in Brazil since the Brazilian population is getting old. This new reality, confirms the urgency to get public politics that offer a bigger quality of life to the third and fourth age people and also that promotion of healthy aging.

The work has the objective of creating healthy environments for elderly people institutionalized promoting a moment of joy at the same time it promoted a work of health education.

The activity was coordinated by a teacher of UNOESTE who conducted the group of medical academics from the terms 1st to 5^th, which had the opportunity to do a conversation wheel with the elderly present. Oral and body hygiene were the addressed themes along with some advices about feed and the importance of the social interaction inside the house. The medic students could listen to some suggestions and compliments from the elderly related to the care received. After the end of the conversation wheel, there was a confraternization.

The students had the opportunity to know the institution and some activities developed there by the multi-professional team that works there. The work was rated as of great importance by the contacted elderly, since it provided improvements in the quality of life and in the dignity of the citizens who participated in the conversation wheels and the games developed by the students.