PUBLIC POLICIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR SENIORS IN LIVING TOGETHER CARE SERVICES

Authors

  • Fátima Fernandes Catão
  • Kátia Karolina Rodrigues Rocha

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5752/P.1678-9563.2019v25n2p909-923

Keywords:

idosos, direitos humanos, políticas públicas, desigualdade social, psicologia sócio-histórica

Abstract

In the context of inequality that is objectified in daily life in Brazil, this study aims to ponder the meanings of human rights and public policies, elaborated by elderly people who expirante this reality. This study included 31 elderly between 65 and 89 years of age, in care at the Elderly Living and Bonding Services (SCFVI acronym in Portuguese). Sociodemographic questionnaires and semistructured interviews were applied. Thematic content was used in light of the framework of sociohistorical psychology. The meanings of human rights and public policies merge between “The responsibility lies with the government and the governors” with 34,3% of the speech, “The absence of rights that reach everyone” with 31,9%, and “Knowledge/ignorance of public policies” with 33,8%. It was concluded that the elderly elaborate meanings aimed at the need for a more implicated look of the society and institutions towards the elderly, the humanisation of the lived and the empowerment in old age.

Keywords: elderly, human rights, public policies, psychosocial inequality, social-historic psychology

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Published

2020-05-20

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Dossiê Psicologia Sócio-histórica