Um estudo documental sobre as (possíveis) formas de cuidado: articulação entre políticas públicas, velhice e Alzheimer

Abstract

The present work aims to guarantee an articulation between the main theme addressed, old age, with the neoliberal capitalist system and its nuances, within the perspective of the reality of low-class families, and therefore, taking into account the overwhelming Brazilian scenario that it is social inequality, gender violence and the implementation of public policies as a counter-coup to what it is like to live within a unequal conjuncture. For this, the documentary Alzheimer na Periferia (2018), idealized by Jorge Félix and directed by Albert Klinke, was used as an argument and main representation of the foundations presented here. The documentary is a production of resistance that gives space for reporting the experience of five families who live in peripheral areas of the city of São Paulo, in which there is at least one elderly person affected by Alzheimer's disease, in addition to highlighting their relationships with their (s)/your caregiver(s) not by choice. The cases presented in the feature film have family nuclei of different formats, and therefore, guarantee scope for the initial intention of this work to approach the phenomenon of social inequality as a present and cruel scenario that crosses the existence of the elderly population, as well as the gender violence, as factors that reproduce a lack of quality of life, and therefore, psychological suffering. In addition, it focused on carrying out a reflexive movement on the different ways of producing care in the face of old age, and deconstructing its taxing patterns