Health, economy and life quality for elderly people in contemporary society: from recognition to the legitimation of a social problem

Authors

  • Silvio Telles Educação Física. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).
  • Rodrigo Vilela Elias Educação Física. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Faculdades Integradas Hélio Alonso (FACHA).
  • Rômulo Reis Educação Física. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).
  • Thulyo Lutz Educação Física (EBTT). Instituto Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca (CEFET/RJ).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2015v18i2p351-374

Keywords:

Elderly people, Economy, Health.

Abstract

This article’s main objective is to discuss, from a literature review, the concept of elderly people faced with the paradigms of contemporary capitalist society. Our specific objectives were to evaluate if only age is an indicator for defining an individual as elderly, pinpoint the relationship between health, physical activity and aging; differentiate between third and fourth ages and to discuss the importance of age as a determining factor for leaving the workforce. It is noticeable that public policies and social, economic and health factors are fundamental and that this debate and social struggle permeate the maintenance and surpassing of an age-related status quo which legitimates a certain age as being important for the perpetuation of the system, pitting politic and economic interests against the unequal needs of those that age in different life conditions.

 

Author Biographies

Silvio Telles, Educação Física. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

Professor Doutor de Educação Física. Professor da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

E-mail: silviotelles@terra.com.br

Rodrigo Vilela Elias, Educação Física. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Faculdades Integradas Hélio Alonso (FACHA).

Professor Mestre de Educação Física. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Faculdades Integradas Hélio Alonso (FACHA).

 

Rômulo Reis, Educação Física. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).

Professor Mestre de Educação Física. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).

 

Thulyo Lutz, Educação Física (EBTT). Instituto Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca (CEFET/RJ).

Professor do Instituto Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca (CEFET/RJ).

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Published

2015-06-30

How to Cite

Telles, S., Elias, R. V., Reis, R., & Lutz, T. (2015). Health, economy and life quality for elderly people in contemporary society: from recognition to the legitimation of a social problem. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 18(2), 351–374. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2015v18i2p351-374

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Papers

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