Abstract

Objective: The aim of this article is to analyze and delimit the correlation between the population growth of the Elderly people in Brazil and its relation with the Palliative Care and the instruments used by the Social Service to intervene in this social reality, analyzing on the approaches of the policies of specific attention.

Methods: This is a qualitative research of literature review using publications made available in databases, published as primary sources such as books, articles, and theses.

Results: In the analysis it was observed the absence of scientific theoretical articulation to support new models of execution and intervention for the Social Service and Palliative Care.

Conclusion: This article evidences the absence of a theoretical framework to delimit the intervention of the Social Service in Palliative Care, relegating the professional category to the role of mere performer, contrary to its constitutive genesis.