Violência intrafamiliar contra o idoso no município de Sousa-PB: estudo no CREAS (centro de referência especializado de assistência social).

Abstract

Violence against the elderly is a phenomenon evident in the current process of population aging. In this sense , the research aimed to examine domestic violence against the elderly accompanied by the CREAS ( Specialized Center of Social Assistance Reference ) of the city of Sousa - PB and its performance in dealing with this type of violence . Addresses the issue of the aging population and the lack of people and the State in meeting the new demands that this process entails. Although there are some programs and elderly care services, we see that with the increase in life expectancy of the population , there is also an increase in violence against the elderly . It is noticed that there is a long delay when it comes to ensuring security for the elderly , for policies that protect that segment of the population are still far from providing good care for the elderly. Specifically aimed to approach about this type of violence , featuring the new family arrangements , forms of such violence , the socioeconomic profile of the families of the elderly and the work of the institution to face this kind of violence team. This was a study conducted exploratory qualitative methodology through literature research and document , where the records of the CREAS / Sousa were analyzed in order to provide a contribution to the reality of care in the county. As part of the ITS , the CREAS is an institution that offers Special Social Protection and demand for elderly victims of domestic violence requires the professional interventions and responses that promote the protection of this segment. Violence against elderly people is unacceptable and this phenomenon must have its confrontation through efficient public policies aiming to deconstruct this process in society .