Non communiqué ; Écoutes du vieillissement : la personne âgée dans la postmodernité
The main objective of this thesis is to investigate the social inclusion of elderly people within the public policies offered by the Brazilian government and the actions taken by the Catholic Church through the Pastoral of Elderly People in João Pessoa, Paraíba, Northeast of Brazil. For this, we chose a qualitative empirical research. We used as methodological tools, partici-pant observation and semi-direct interview. Two categories of social actors participated in this research: 20 seniors, who participate in the activities of the Center for Artistic Productions - cultural elderly in the city of João Pessoa, State of Paraíba, northeast of Brazil and 20 volun-teers from the Pastoral of Elderly People, in the Archdiocese of Paraíba . Observations were carried out between September 2009 and February 2010. Records of participatory observa-tions were made through meetings, workshops, cultural events and leisure center in Cultural-Artistic Production of the elderly and the pastoral center of the Immaculate Conception Parish in Joao Pessoa, Brazil. The analysis of our research is based on theoretical foundations in so-ciology, as well as texts of Brazilian laws and other official documents relating to social in-clusion. Results indicated that: the State, the Catholic Church and other institutions working with the elderly in Brazil must find new ways to support families, so they can stay in the family, allowing them to enjoy a pleasant place; the health of the elderly is poor, where the Brazilian SUS (Unified Health System) does not offer a quality service for the elderly; Brazil-ian public policies, designed to the elderly, in a theoretical point of view, are well structured, but in practice, do not favor the elderly; the pensions paid to the elderly, by the Brazilian state, does not guarantee their well-being and social; volunteers involved in the Pastoral of Elderly people , in the Catholic Church, are motivated by the pleasure of serving others. At the end of our investigation, we believe that Brazil is a country ...