Experiências de reprodução social e integração de pessoas jovens e idosas no lar Nossa Senhora dos Desamparados

Abstract

The present work analyzes experiences of integration of people in Lar Nossa Senhora dos Helpless. My interest in the topic arose in conversation with an elderly person who she lived alone near my house in the Mahlazine neighborhood. This elderly woman suffered from asthma and had vision problems, which added to some difficulties in exercising some activities. From the analyzed literature I identified two lines of approach, the first analyzes the causes of the integration of elderly people in accommodation homes, and the second analyzes mechanisms of social reproduction of the elderly before integrating into the accommodation home. By focusing only on the integration and social reproduction of people considered elderly, the literature loses sight experiences of integrating younger people into foster homes, their experiences of social reproduction, life experiences prior to the integration process and the relationships with other people inside and outside the home. The results of this work allowed us to understand that people integrate in the host institutions because they do not have other ways for their social reproduction, others use these institutions as a place to live with people who share, among other characteristics, the age profile and life experiences. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)