OBJECTIVES: To identify the knowledge of elderly people about their rights, and to assess whether they consider that these rights ware respected. METHODS: Exploratory and descriptive study with quantitative approach; the prospective data was collected through interview. The sample of 63 elders was probabilistic, random and stratified by gender and age. RESULTS: The rights of the elderly were known for 49.2% of respondents; among the rights, the most cited were free transport (50.0%), care priority (38.1%) and existence of preferred seating in transportation (28.6%). With regard to respecting those rights, 25.0% believed that they were respected and 44.4% that were only partially respected. CONCLUSION: Half of the elderly respondents knew their rights and expressed that these were not always respected.
Aged; Aged Rights; Legislation; Ethics
