Support policies for dependent older adults: Europe and Brazil

Ciencia e Saude Coletiva

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Maria Cecília de Souza Minayo¹  Jurilza Maria Barros Mendonça²  Girliani Silva de Sousa³  Telma Freitas da Silva Pereira¹  Raimunda Matilde do Nascimento Mangas¹ 

[1] Departamento de Estudos sobre Violência e Saúde Jorge Careli;Universidade de Brasília. Brasília DF Brasil.;Departamento de Enfermagem Clínica e Cirúrgica, Universidade Federal de São Paulo. São Paulo SP Brasil.

关键词: Dependent older adults;    Public policy;    Health services;    Long term care;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1413-81232020261.30262020

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 】

This theoretical essay discusses longterm care policies for dependent older adults. It aims to analyze the content and strategies that guided the formulation of the so-called “dependence policies” in some European states, seeking guidance to formulate actions related to the same issue in the Brazilian case. The knowledge bases are official documents and scientific papers analyzing the institutionalized proposals. The study shows that all the countries investigated included dependence policies within their social security system framework. Some offer total protection, while others only partial protection to older adults and family caregivers. However, older adults and their caregivers never fail to receive the care they need. In Brazil, some local experiences meet comprehensive care requirements. Initiatives of Belo Horizonte and São Paulo are narrated, and while important, they are not policies. They are successful cases that can evolve to increase social awareness or simply disappear as non-institutionalized experiences. The issue addressed in this paper is very relevant, due to the inexorable fact of the accelerated growth of the long-lived population, which requires care from others the most.

【 授权许可】

CC BY