Abstract
This text presents an overview of aging in Brazil and information that highlights the need to create instruments to deal with the exponential increase of the elderly population, particularly those who lose their physical, cognitive, mental/emotional, and social autonomy. Examples of public policies created by European countries, notably Spain, show how they act to protect the most vulnerable individuals and provide support to their families, especially to the informal caregivers. The whole process of protection for the long-lived is perceived as a form of social solidarity in which the State and sub-national entities, society, the families and the elderly people themselves participate.
Highlights
A brief overview is presented of the aging process in Brazil together with information that highlights the need to create instruments to tackle the exponential increase of the elderly population, those who lose their physical, cognitive, mental/emotional, and social autonomy
Examples of public policies created by European countries, notably Spain, show how they act to protect the most vulnerable individuals and provide support to their families, especially to the informal caregivers
The whole process of protection for the long-lived is perceived as a form of social solidarity in which the State and sub-national entities, society, the families and the elderly people themselves participate
Summary
A brief overview is presented of the aging process in Brazil together with information that highlights the need to create instruments to tackle the exponential increase of the elderly population, those who lose their physical, cognitive, mental/emotional, and social autonomy. Examples of public policies created by European countries, notably Spain, show how they act to protect the most vulnerable individuals and provide support to their families, especially to the informal caregivers. The whole process of protection for the long-lived is perceived as a form of social solidarity in which the State and sub-national entities, society, the families and the elderly people themselves participate. Brazil is at an important junction for decision-making, the acuteness of which has been exacerbated by the economic and political crisis, but this should not preclude the attention and in-depth vision required with respect to the new demands being created by population aging
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