Elderly peoples knowledge of their rights / Conhecimento de idosos sobre seus direitos

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

This study aimed to identify the elderly peoples knowledge regarding to their rights; discover, on the elderlys perspective, the influence of laws/Elderly Statute on their routine and describe elderly peoples suggestions for respecting their rights. Its a descriptive, exploratory research of quantitative approach and with prospective data collection through interviews. The sample is probabilistic, random and stratified by gender and age. It was made of 63 individuals whose age was 60 or older, attending three Elderly Living Centers (ELC). Variables were analyzed descriptively, allowing the verification of absolute and relative frequency of answers. For comparing the variables, it was used variance analysis of a factor and the Kruskal-Wallis non-parametrical test, with a significance level of 5%. From the total of interviewed people, most of them were from female gender (95.2%), Brazilian (95.2%), widow(er) (50.8%), retired (54.0%) and used the health public network (57.1%). Participants also had the average age of 73.56 ± 6.72 years old, average income of R$ 857,05 ± R$ 657,36 and attended school in average for 4.19 ± 3.67 years. Besides that, 38.1% lived alone, 79.4% had their own housing, 93.7% used public transportation, 74.6% had leisure activities and 73.0% didnt have support for their daily activities. When questioned if they knew elderly rights, 49.2% answered yes and the most mentioned rights were free transportation (50.0%), priority in attendance (38.1%) and the existence of preferential seats in the means of transportation (28.6%). Related to respecting these rights, 25.0% believe they are respected and 44.4% they are partially respected. Comparing the average of age, income and education variables to the answers obtained regarding to knowledge of elderly peoples rights and if the respondents believe these rights are respected, it was not found statistically significant differences among the groups. In relation to attention to elders, 57.1% believe that changes have happened, being most evident the improvement in attendance (38.9%), a amplification of rights (19.4%) and the changes made in the transportation (13.9%). In relation to the Elderly Statute (ES), most appointed that they have heard of it (84.1%), but they havent read the document (52.8%) or have read partially (26.4%). Regarding to the interference of ES on the elders lives, 34.9% believe that it has occurred and 37.7% it hasnt. When asked if they felt protected by the ES, 63.5% said no and 14.3% answered yes. In relation to the ES, 49.1% believe that some rights are respected. As the necessary attitudes for the elderly peoples rights to be more respected, the respondents replied that its necessary to aware/educate the population (22.2%) and policymakers should be more active (14.3%). It is concluded that knowledge of elderly peoples rights is independent of factors like age, income, and education. Although most of them have heard of ES, in practice, its benefits havent been felt by all of the elderly people. In order to have more respect to elderly peoples rights, its necessary to educate the population and have a more effective attitude from policymakers

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aged rights direitos dos idosos ethics legislação Ética legislation elderly idoso

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