Institucionalização da pessoa idosa: um olhar para a experiência da Associação Acolhimento Mãe das Graças.

Abstract

This paper reflects on the institutionalization of the elderly, considering the experience of a Long-Term Care Institution for the Elderly (ILPI), which is more specific to the Association of Reception Mother of Graces, in Maceió. It is a research of bibliographic and documentary nature, structured in two parts or sections. To realize these, at first, it was necessary to address the issues of the aging process, as this is the development of society and the projections for the coming years, or family abandonment, as legal penalties used and the main legal frameworks in defense of the rights of the elderly. Soon after, in the following section, they were addressed as questions of institutionalization, characterization and presentation of the Association Mother Choice of Thanks, focusing on elucidating the reality experienced by the welcomed, as well as what is done for a better quality and economy of life. to these welcomed. With a discussion about the reality of elderly people who are abandoned, as well as institutionalized, we believe in the contribution of this work to all those interested in the subject. The study evidenced the need for the State, together with society, to have a real commitment to the implementation of public rights policies aimed at this segment of society.