OBJECTIVE: To identify the perceptions of nurses regarding the nursing care residents in Long-Stay Institution for the Elderly(LSIE). METHODS: Is a prospective study with development of future scenarios, with six nurses, in which a questionnaire was applied. In the data analysis, was used the Collective Subject Discourse (CSD). RESULTS: From the CSD were originated 5 categories: 1) role of the LSIE in the lives of elderly and their families; 2) challenges for Brazil, regarding nursing care to elderly residents in LSIE; 3) nursing care needed for the institutionalized elderly; 4) performance of nursing care for elderly residents in LSIE; and 5) preparation for the Brazilian nurses to adequately address the nursing care for elderly residents in LSIE. In these categories, was considered the development of future scenarios for the year 2026. CONCLUSION: The central question focused on the need of preparing nurses to care for institutionalized elderly, now and in 2026.
Nursing care; Homes for the aged; Aged