The research findings about the problematic of aged living in an asylum in the State of Bahia, the repercussion of this situation in the family and community and the participation of nursing in the assistance context of Asylum Institution are analysed in this study. The work was based on the principle of what the man in every his vital cycle has need to develop interrelations. In the aged, much of these relationships are cuted, mainly been when a condition of isolation compulsive by Asylum Institution is established. The family, what traditionally has been responsible by their aged transfer care for specialized institutions. The data obtained in four Asylum Institutions, two from capital, and two from interior, are discussed under the prism of a nusing assistance more qualify