Clinical Caritas Processes in workshops for caregivers of institutionalized elderly people.

Objective:: to describe the use of the Clinical Caritas Processes in workshops for caregivers of institutionalized elderly people, aimed at analyzing these professionals' perception on humane care towards the institutionalized elderly.

Method:: a convergent care research was conducted with 18 caregivers of a long-term care institution for elderly people in the state of Paraíba, Brazil. Data were collected from June to November 2013, consisting of two months of interaction with the care service and ten meetings conducted in workshops for caregivers. Data were based on the theoretical framework of the Clinical Caritas Processes. Data analysis was based on content analysis and produced ten thematic categories based on the Caritas factors of caring.

Conclusion:: it was found that the use of the ten Caritas factors of caring were useful for humanistic formations when introducing the group to the conceptions of caring that value the self of the people providing the care and of the ones-being cared for.