Abandono ao idoso institucionalizado: um olhar sobre a situação da pessoa idosa no asilo dos pobres no Município de Maragogipe/BA

Abstract

This work has the objective to analyze, from the operating dynamics of a long-stay institution for the elderly, how is the abandonment and/or the loss of family ties of the elderly in the Asylum of the Poor, in the municipality of Maragogipe/BA. Specific objectives: to apprehend the perception of the Asylum of elderly Maragogipe Poor about the importance of family life; Understand the configuration of the elder care in ILPI; understand how is the relationship of the institutionalized elderly with family. It is a case study, using as methodology the field research with qualitative approach that had as data collection techniques observation and semi-structured interviews with elderly residents and staff and quantitative approach to profile the elderly and substantiate the number of times that the phenomenon occurs. Besides these, they were also used secondary research, literature and oral history. The results mostly show that the family abandon the institutionalized elderly may, in addition to causing loneliness and sadness, even compromising the health of the oldest residents. The elderly feel abandoned from the moment it is taken to a ILPI, and that feeling of abandonment and loneliness is further aggravated when family ties are broken compromising their health and well-being. Thus, the abandonment reflects negatively on the lives of seniors, then you need to recreate and preserve these emotional bonds that have been broken, given that the family is central in the lives of individuals, particularly in this phase of life is old age. Another situation is observed as social policies and the government respond the demands of the elderly population and how to ensure social protection and the rights of the elderly.