Violência intradomiciliar contra idosos: análise comparativa dos períodos pré, durante e pós-pandemia de Covid-19.

Rosa Marques, Regiane; Damiano Teixeira, Karla Maria

The present work aims to present an analysis about domestic violence against the elderly in the periods before, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. The interest on this topic is linked to the accelerated growth of the number of elderly and the index of violence in the family context during a pandemic. Violence against the elderly is not a new phenomenon. The practice of violence against the elderly is centered on the denial of the right to life, of the legitimate exercise of power through the transgression of norms and tolerance, by the violation of trust that exists between different generations. The Statute of the Elderly, Law 10.741/03 (Brazil, 2003), ensures that the elderly person enjoys all fundamental rights inherent to the human person and that aging is a very personal right. Thus, their protection is a social right, with the corresponding duty of the State to guarantee it when the rights recognized in the Law are threatened or violated. However, there is a significant increase in the number of cases of domestic violence to elderly people, mainly verified during the period of social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the literature consulted, no studies were found that deal with this comparative analysis. A qualitative quantitative approach will be used, with the "Dial 100" database. The analysis of data from qualitative-quantitative and documentary research, issued by the portals of defense of the elderly between the years 2019 and 2022, will be carried out as a way to better understand the dynamics and cases of notifications existing before, Pre and post-pandemic of Covid-19. The defense of the right to life of elderly people, by protective public policies, is placed as a word of "ordem" for the State. Violence against the elderly person; it is an expression inherent to capitalism itself, in view of the defense by the marketing ethno-ism, which perceives these subjects as unfit for work. The COVID-19 pandemic; intensified the cycles of intra-residential violence against the elderly, given the limitations, care, social isolation necessary in view of the vulnerability of the attack to the virus.

RIGHT to life (International law); OLDER people; SENIOR centers; GOVERNMENT policy; COVID-19 pandemic; DOMESTIC violence

Textos & Contextos, 2024, Vol 23, Issue 1, p1

1677-9509

Academic Journal

10.15448/1677-9509.2024.1.45534