Regulación normativa sobre el adulto mayor en Colombia a partir de 1991

Abstract

Regulation in the care of the elderly in Colombia, still possesses many loopholes, the law is clear when it states the guidelines for the elderly, but it is not clear in stating who executes and how, PUE entities responsible for provide social service and administrative bodies, have many shortcomings to provide this service effectively. Since ancient times the elderly was considered by the members of the community as a wise, as one who possessed all knowledge and which could extract all the history of the community. Finished the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the situation of the elderly change began to be pursued by the ignominy, lack of consideration, to the point of being relegated to this day, now the elderly suffers the neglect of the state and their families, constitutional guarantees are slim because this typified the norm, but ignorance persists both caregivers of the elderly, as the care institutions.