Spirituality in a group of elderly Mexican residents of old people's Home: a brief descriptive report

In Mexico there is a notable increase in the elderly population, the elderly is that person who is 60 years old and older. In Mexico, for the 2010 year in the INEGI Population and Housing Census, the population over 60 years of age in Mexico now exceeds 10.9 million inhabitants, which represents more than 9.3 percent of the total population.1 According to Gerontological Care Models in México, old people’s home can be located as shelters. The shelters for older adults, is called the establishment where accommodation services are provided temporarily to older adults, while they are relocated to other institutions or their families, both are governmental institutions, but in Mexico there are residences that provide housing for the elderly, without any regulation.2 There is no clarity of functional old people’s home at the national or state level, since many of them function by public charity, some are only registered governmentally, but do not have a defined structure. The old people’s home in Mexico represent an option that arises from the lack of caregivers at home or lack of availability and time and are places where the elderly face various situations in addition to their aging.