The meaning of aging for the dependent elderly

Ciencia e Saude Coletiva

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Jurilza Maria Barros de Mendonça¹  Albamaria Paulino de Campos Abigalil¹  Potyara Amazoneida Pereira Pereira¹  Antonio Yuste²  Joaquim Hudson de Souza Ribeiro³ 

[1] Universidade de Brasília. Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro;Consorci Sanitari de l’Alt Penedès, Investigación Vilanova i la Geltru.;Universidade Federal do Amazonas. Manaus AM Brasil.

关键词: Aging;    Elderly;    Functional impairment;    Dependency;    Public policy;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1413-81232020261.32382020

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Associacao Brasileira de Pos - Graduacao em Saude Coletiva

【 摘 要 】

Aging is a demographic phenomenon and an economic, social, political, cultural and ethical issue. The aim of this essay is to reflect on aging and the meaning of old age in the capitalist system, under the paradox that opposes profit and human needs. The investigation carried out indicates that the elderly, with loss of capacities and disabilities, have high rates of public and private negligence. This requires the implementation of specific policies for old age, due to the trend increase of a category of elderly people: the dependent. In general, policies have acted to reinforce the data collected in a survey conducted in 2019, in 6 Brazilian states and the Federal District, among a population of 446,101 elderly people, in which disregard and abuse were found, even with the advances in current Brazilian legislation. Such facts endorse the perception of devaluing images of old age and the fact of being old, making global ethics urgent from the perspective of care that rescues essential democratic values to meaningful old age.

【 授权许可】

CC BY