O Projeto Fortaleza Cidade Amiga do Idoso no contexto das políticas para o envelhecimento ativo

Abstract

This work, developed during the Covid-19 pandemic, had as its object of study the elderly, which is a social group at risk during the pandemic. In order to address the public policies for active aging, the study aims to analyze the project Fortaleza City Friend of the Elderly from an observation of the strategy Brazil Friend of the Elderly based on the initiatives of the United Nations for the elderly. Thus, the specific objectives of the research are: to identify and analyze the instruments of the project Fortaleza Friend of the Elderly; to characterize the Strategy Brazil Friend of the Elderly; to identify the UN initiatives on the elderly; and, finally, to correlate the proposal of the project with the United Nations initiatives and the national agenda of public policies. To support the work were used the documentary and bibliographic research, having been conducted searches on the website of the project, on government websites, in legislation and in the media, such as newspaper Diário do Nordeste, newspaper O Povo and Portal G1. As a result of this study it was possible to conclude that the project Fortaleza City Friend of the Elderly is the result of an international agenda of attention to the elderly that unfolds at the national and local levels. Moreover, it is possible to infer that the actions developed by the project have instruments to promote and raise the standard of quality of life and well-being of the elderly people registered in the project.