No data about this have been found. However, there was a huge increase in the rate of people working as carers for older people between 2007 and 2017 (growth of more than 500% – from 5,263 to 34,051 registered informal care workers) (Brazilian Ministry of Economy, 2018). Qualitative research shows that people working in care homes are generally undervalued and underpaid (Salcher et al., 2015). However, there is a general lack of national and representative data on this topic in Brazil.

References:

Brazilian Ministry of Economy. (2018). RAIS 2018. http://www.rais.gov.br/sitio/index.jsf

Salcher, E. B. G., Portella, M. R., & Scortegagna, H. de M. (2015). Cenários de instituições de longa permanência para idosos: Retratos da realidade vivenciada por equipe multiprofissional. Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, 18, 259–272. https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-9823.2015.14073