Serviço Social e a Política de Assistência Social na efetivação dos serviços socioassistenciais para a pessoa idosa

Abstract

This Final Course Project (TCC) analyzes the challenges and possibilities of implementing social assistance services for the elderly in Brazil, highlighting the relevance of the Social Assistance Policy (PAS) and the intervention of social workers within the Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS) in order to understand the importance of their intervention in social assistance services for the elderly. To carry out the analyses, the qualitative study, anchored in the historical-dialectical method, aimed to understand the social reality of the aging Brazilian population from its social determinants. Secondary sources of information were used, including bibliographic research, specialized literature on the subject, and public data such as IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics). The analyses from the study reveal that, given the increase in the elderly population, aging is a current and increasingly tangible process in Brazilian reality. In this sense, it can be understood that, although there have been significant advances in the implementation of policies aimed at the elderly, there are still challenges to be overcome—such as lack of resources, lack of awareness of rights on the part of the elderly themselves, and the need to increase society's awareness of aging as a natural and dignified process. We also highlight the relevance of social worker intervention in guaranteeing and ensuring access to citizenship and dignity for the elderly, especially within the scope of Basic Social Protection in Social Assistance Reference Centers and in Services for Coexistence and Strengthening of Bonds.