This article aims to analyze the literature evidences regarding health carestrategies for the aged and the family. It is an integrative review which to select the articles were consulted Lilacs and Scielo data bases. It was evident that the implementation of public policies and programs for geriatric care are devices that have emerged to enhance the health care of the aged, however act in timely and fragmented way, with no satisfactory directions to serve the agedpopulation and the family.