ALMEIDA, W. L.; ALMEIDA, Williane Lemos de.
Resumo:
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 .
