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Abstract The high rate of population aging that Cuba has presented has led to the adoption of a policy for attention to the demographic dynamic, based on the guidelines of the economic and social policy of the Party and the Revolution. This policy demands that, within its universal approach, focused attention be given to the different age groups and the particularities of each of them, specifically the elderly. This material refers the attention to the institutionalized older adult in Placetas, the second oldest municipality in Cuba and belonging to Villa Clara, the oldest province in the country. It is framed fundamentally in the Home for the Elderly and in the House of Grandparents, the only institutions of its kind in the municipality that provide direct assistance to the elderly. A characterization of both institutions is carried out: structure according to sex and age, the social and family situation, its main sufferings, the main services that are provided. The main objective is to analyze the relationship between social policy, needs and social services in terms of the powers that local governments have to search for solutions on issues that affect the territory. The main results refer to the articulation of the national, provincial policy, and the adoption of municipal programs to care for the elderly, showing as a limitation the need to encourage actions that take into account the heterogeneity of this population group, both by the ranges of ages, the territorial context, as well as the particular situations that they live.

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