This paper is a bibliographic review, with quantitative approach, that aimed to investigate the production of the knowledge on the long-lived elderly person, in the SCIELO and LILACS data bases. Eighty eight scientific papers were analyzed, from which 69,3% were produced in Brazil, concentrated in the Southeastern area (67,2%), and with prevalence of the qualitative approach (77,3%). As for the knowledge area, all the researches are part of the great area of Health Sciences, with prevalence of Medicine (76,1%). Nursing contributed with 4,5% of the productions. The more studied objects (72,7%) were clinical cases or report of experiences. One concluded that the scientific production on long-lived elderly person is still small, but relevant. In this optics, it is essential to increase and qualify the productions and the knowledge fields that address this thematic universe.
Aged 80 and over; Knowledge; Demographic aging; Seniority
