Gestão da politica nacional do idoso à luz da realidade de Juiz de Fora

Abstract

The Management of the National Policy for the Elderly in Juiz de Fora which represents the focus of this study seeks to investigate and unveil local management courses of action in order to highlight its significance and importance. The theoretical framework especially academic works and government volumes enables the understanding of the main aspects of this Policy as well as the Elderly Statute along with the concern for Brazil socio-political context since 1990s. The arrangement of governing sectors of public social policies from municipal administration shows ideological and political guidelines which oriented actions centred to the elderly, the users of these policies. The analytical description of this management is supported by the exploratory qualitative research that enabled us to show positions collected in 14 interviews with qualified informants and managers of social policies in Juiz de Fora, in areas such as social assistance, health, traffic, transportation, and education. Previously their whole profiles were presented. The systematization of these positions corresponds to the axes that characterize the PNI, enabling the evidence of contributions, questioning concerning the possibilities and difficulties of management of that Policy. The identification of potentialities indicates that there are ways to be explored, since the responsibility and commitment of local sectors with the management of this Policy can lead to some changes that deserve to be recognized as necessary and essential to the elderly. Thus this part of the population seen as frequent users of public social policies will be able to benefit from public services and resources, corresponding to the demands of aging.