Machado, Flávia Christiane de AzevedoSilva, Irma Lúcia SilveiraFerreira, Maria Ângela FernandesRodrigues, Maísa Paulino2023-11-102023-11-102016SILVA, Irma Lúcia Silveira; MACHADO, Flávia Christiane de Azevedo; FERREIRA, Maria Ângela Fernandes; RODRIGUES, Maísa Paulino. Formação profissional de cuidadores de idosos atuantes em instituições de longa permanência. Holos, [S.l.], v. 8, p. 342-356, 13 jan. 2016. Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15628/holos.2015.3215. Disponível em: https://www2.ifrn.edu.br/ojs/index.php/HOLOS/article/view/3215. Acesso em: 03 nov. 2023.1807-1600https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/55270This is a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study with a quantitative approach which aimed to investigate the vocational training of caregivers who works in Homes for the Aged (HFA) in Natal / RN in the year of 2014. Therefore, semi-structured questionary was applied to 63 caregivers in 09 HFA, representing 75% of caregivers who works in these institutions. The questionary captured data related to the socioeconomic profile and to the vocational training about caring profession. These data were analyzed by observing absolute e relative frequencies and measures of central tendency of the numeric variables. In general, it was found that most of caregivers was from low socioeconomic status and started to practice the occupation without conducting a previous specific course. However, among those who attended a course, most report that the contents saw in the curriculum provided security for the praxis of care, but these people also reported the need for training. In general, the results, probably, show that there isan inadequateformaltrainingto practice the caregiver’s occupation,amidreports of short 01 week courses (n=20 interviewed) which practical activitiesconsist ofdemonstrationlessons.This revealsweaknesses in professional qualificationthatwould relatedto the absence of a guiding core curriculum and the low education required for professional practiceenvelhecimentoprofissional da saúdecuidadoridosoinstituição de longa permanência para idososaginghealth personnelhomes for the agedcaregiversagedarticlehttps://doi.org/10.15628/holos.2015.3215