A política pública para idosos na cidade de Manaus: avanços e desafios para sua efetivação.

Abstract

The phenomenon of longevity in the world has passed in the social and economic development significantly. It is a process that evolves according to the characteristics and specificities found among the various countries of the world. To have. To have a parameter on this, the World Health Organization WHO defined that are considered elderly in developing countries those with 60 years or more in developed countries and those who reached 65 years of age the Brazilian context specifically, we consider the formation of regions developed, developing, existing realities characterized by if you notice that Brazil has reached a population of 21 million people over 60 years, accounting for an increase of 23% of the elderly population. These data are of concern when considering the specific regional Brazilian show that the aging process varies from region to region due to the conditions and life history of the workers for their human development. As proof of this statement, we highlight the reality of the city of Manaus, which is today among the six cities that receive migrants motivated by the search for work and better living conditions. Taking this fact as an aggravating factor, the elderly 174 866 000 in the State of Amazonas, more than 50% of these are concentrated in the capital. In response to these realities, we published regulations and public policies for the elderly that had the Constituent Assembly in March, and posteriomente the National Social Welfare Policy, the establishment of integrated systems of protection to the segment under study and the families. But reality has show that the system is realized to meet the specific demands of the local public. In this sense, we sought to analyze the effectiveness of public policy for the elderly, the demands and challenges faced by the social protection network in the city of Manaus. Lined a critical approach to reality, we use script document analysis and questionnaire prepared and sent through the mail from professionals who work with senior, participating in or participated in the Councils of Rights. The analysis of qualitative and quantitative data was given from the theoretical framework, specifying aging in the city of Manaus. By raising the net and its demands, we indentified old age poor, without family-affective relationship, with no guarantee of social security. Transient institutions, programs and services demandatário uncommitted. Dependent, physically or mentally. Having the political invisibility of their human needs, exacerbated by the lack of payment policies, as well as subordinated by conditions of work in social care.