Cuidado e envelhecimento no Brasil: desafios para a prestação de cuidados continuados aos idosos por meio de relatos de gestores e cuidadoras nas redes sociais

Abstract

The main theme of the following research is elderly care work in Brazil, presented as a bibliographical review in order to critically discuss concepts and authors on care and ageing. It is, therefore, divided in four strands.The first analyzes data and theories that make it easier to understand the context of ageing in the country. The second discusses the types of care (family care, the most common in the country, and institutionalized care, still stigmatized as the asylum-like "old people's depository"). Next, we look at the Long-Stay Institutions for the Elderly in the state of Rio Grande do Norte (ILPIs). Finally, netnography is used as a fieldwork methodology to observe social networks and gather reports from some ILPI managers and caregivers.