Este artigo é um ensaio que pensa a arte, particularmente o cinema, como recurso complementar para a discussão de temas de saúde. O texto faz parte da reflexão produzida no âmbito de uma pesquisa multicêntrica sobre idosos com dependência realizada em oito cidades brasileiras. Analisam-se dois filmes que abordam as contingências de uma velhice com dependência e a relação entre pessoas que cuidam e que são cuidadas. “Poesia” mostra os impasses de uma idosa sobrecarregada econômica e emocionalmente que começa a apresentar sintomas da doença de Alzheimer. O segundo filme “O que terá acontecido com Baby Jane?” expõe a delicada e complexa relação entre a díade cuidador e pessoa cuidada. O artigo se propõe a ampliar a compreensão de processos sociais como o envelhecimento por meio do cinema, estimulando o uso de filmes em cenários de educação permanente envolvendo pesquisadores, estudantes e trabalhadores de saúde.
Palavras-chave:
envelhecimento, cinema, dependência
Abstract:
This article is an essay that thinks of art, particularly, of cinema as complementary resources for discussing health issues. This text is part of a multicentric research on elderly people with dependence carried out in eight Brazilian cities. The article analyzes two films that address the contingencies of old age with dependence and the relationship between caregivers and people cared for others. “Poetry” shows the impasses of an elderly woman who is economically and emotionally overworked and who begins to show symptoms of Alzheimer\'s disease. The second film “What ever happened to Baby Jane?” exposes the delicate and complex relationship between the caregiver and care person dyad. The article aims to broaden the understanding of social processes such as aging, through cinema, encouraging the use of films in permanent education settings involving researchers, students and health workers.
This article is an essay that thinks of art, particularly, of cinema as complementary resources for discussing health issues. This text is part of a multicentric research on elderly people with dependence carried out in eight Brazilian cities. The article analyzes two films that address the contingencies of old age with dependence and the relationship between caregivers and people cared for others. “Poetry” shows the impasses of an elderly woman who is economically and emotionally overworked and who begins to show symptoms of Alzheimer\'s disease. The second film “What ever happened to Baby Jane?” exposes the delicate and complex relationship between the caregiver and care person dyad. The article aims to broaden the understanding of social processes such as aging, through cinema, encouraging the use of films in permanent education settings involving researchers, students and health workers.
Meneghel, S.N, Minayo,M.C.S.. ENVELHECIMENTO COM DEPENDÊNCIA: o que mostra o cinema. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2020/ago). [Citado em 24/12/2024].
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