This is a reflective study on long stay institutions for elderly population. Considering the context in which the process of institutionalization in a long-stay institution for the elderly occurs, which is escorted by changes in every-day life of the elderly population, this study aims to reflect on the long-stay institutions as an alternative of sheltering for the Brazilian elderly. First, demographic aging is analyzed, followed by a brief historical account regarding long-stay institutions, and an approach to the institutionalization process of the elderly population in these places. Although the functions and duties of long-stay institutions have been previously defined, the negative aspects that influence the experience of institutionalized elderly are evident; therefore, restructuring the environment of these type of places is necessary considering the growing demand. The institutionalization process and the experience of the elderly population admitted to these institutions are key study elements to comprehend the intrinsic reality of this population.
A religiosidade brasileira sempre apresentou um notável dinamismo, mas será no último quarto do século XX que assistiremos a uma efervescência incomum, ocasião em que um grupo religioso -relativamente sem expressão até então -alcança rapidamente grande visibilidade social, inclusive com uma exposição sem precedentes na mídia. O surpreendente crescimento desse grupo evangélico, seus métodos de atuação e suas estratégias proselitistas, despertaram a atenção da sociedade, em geral, e dos cientistas sociais, em particular, constituindo-se num dos principais desafios analíticos contemporâneos. Embora as pesquisas indicassem acentuado crêscimento dos evangélicos, 2 elas também apontavam que esse crescimento não era homogêneo, ocorrendo de forma mais intensa no segmento pentecostal. No entanto, uma observação mais atenta revelava que, mesmo entre
Members of evangelic protestant denominations have achieved in recent decades a new visibility in Brazil, owing as much to an extraordinary increase in their numbers as to their unexpected presence in the political arena. It is against the background of such developments that this research attempts to analyze the specificity of the church Renascer em Cristo within the neopentecostal religious field. While it appeals to young people and to middle class businessman, by means of aesthetic devices which surprisingly bring together sacred elements, mass media, and the entertainment industry, the church has turned into a powerful enterprise managed according to principles of modern entrepreneurial rationality. Its capacity to mobilize people is displayed in gigantic shows, which give it a greater visibility and extend its influence beyond its institutional boundaries. It is this mobilization capacity that politicians try to gather in their support in the political arena, without, however, having the same success as the religious enterprise. In fact, the power displayed by the church in gathering such support is based on sacredness and to sacredness it must return. More than political power, then, what is in fact at stake is symbolic power, or the capacity for a religious discourse to encompass within its own logic wider and wider segments of the profane life experience of the people, and confer upon them new meanings, in light of the uncertainties of a world in transformation.
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