Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisa em Política Social, Universidade de Brasília. Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte. 70910-900 Brasília DF Brasil.
Consorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès, Investigación Vilanova i la Geltru. Catalunha Espanha.
Cien Saude Colet. 2021 Jan;26(1):57-65. doi: 10.1590/1413-81232020261.32382020. Epub 2020 Aug 28.
Aging is a demographic phenomenon and an economic, social, political, cultural and ethical issue. The aim of this essay is to reflect on aging and the meaning of old age in the capitalist system, under the paradox that opposes profit and human needs. The investigation carried out indicates that the elderly, with loss of capacities and disabilities, have high rates of public and private negligence. This requires the implementation of specific policies for old age, due to the trend increase of a category of elderly people: the dependent. In general, policies have acted to reinforce the data collected in a survey conducted in 2019, in 6 Brazilian states and the Federal District, among a population of 446,101 elderly people, in which disregard and abuse were found, even with the advances in current Brazilian legislation. Such facts endorse the perception of devaluing images of old age and the fact of being old, making global ethics urgent from the perspective of care that rescues essential democratic values to meaningful old age.
老龄化是一个人口现象，也是一个经济、社会、政治、文化和伦理问题。本文旨在反思在资本主义制度下老龄化和老年意义，这一制度存在着利润与人的需求之间的悖论。调查表明，老年人因丧失能力和残疾而遭受公共和私人的严重忽视。这需要制定具体的老年政策，因为依赖型老年人的比例呈上升趋势。总的来说，政策的实施强化了 2019 年在巴西 6 个州和联邦区进行的一项针对 446101 名老年人的调查结果，该调查发现了忽视和虐待现象，尽管巴西现行立法有所进步。这些事实表明，人们对老年和衰老的形象不屑一顾，从关怀的角度来看，全球伦理是紧迫的，这种关怀挽救了有意义的老年的基本民主价值观。
