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01/10/2013
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Thais Leitão
Brazil Agency reporter
Brasilia - The retired goiana Ilda Maria do Carmo is those who believe that advancing age is not necessarily associated with decreased willingness , for example, physical and cultural activities . After 68 years, she enjoys time off to go to the gym , where , three times a week , walking on the treadmill and do weight training .
To keep the brain active , Ilda read weekly magazines , books of various subjects and often go to craft fairs , theaters and musical shows . To do all such expenditures fit into the household budget , it uses some of the benefits provided for in the Elderly , which completes ten years old today ( 1 ) , as the half - entry into theaters , cinemas and cultural events . To Ilda , ease stimulates this population to have a more enjoyable life .
" It's good because we already have to spend as much on drugs , which makes a bit more to have a busy life and even enjoyable . Overall , I am alone at home because my daughter goes to work , so I have to find activities for occupy the mind and body , "he said . "Many people are shocked , but I say that is important. While I can , I will move a lot ," he added .
This type of benefit provided for in the Elderly , valid for people aged 60 years or more , is one of the major advances of the law in the assessment of the demographer Ana Amelia Camarano , Institute of Applied Economic Research ( IPEA ) . She cites criminalizing violence against Brazilians in this age and the definition of administrative sanctions for non-compliance with legal provisions , giving the prosecutor the responsibility to act to enforce them .
On the other hand, the demographer criticizes the fact that the statute did not establish priorities for implementation or sources for their funding , as in the case of half-price . In its assessment, the gap causes a poorly planned division of costs among the society.
" These devices are important to promote social integration and participation of the elderly population , but with the advances in the coverage of social security benefits , since the Constitution of 1988 , there was a dissociation between aging and poverty. We can no longer say that the elderly population is poorer than that of other age groups , "he said . The researcher suggests that the benefits are granted by necessity and not just on grounds of age .
In 1994 , the life expectancy of the population was estimated at 68 years . In 2011 , she went to 74 years. The researcher pointed out that this has been accompanied by an improvement of physical health , cognitive and mental health of the elderly , as well as greater social participation .
The retired Eliseu Pereira, of Pernambuco, 84 , also believes that 60 years is " soon " for a person to be considered elderly . In your opinion , thanks to better conditions of life, Aging nowadays can be postponed , but points out that this process occurs at a different rate for each person .
" It's true that nowadays you can take longer to age . We have access to many services that the old men of old did not have. My father , for example , hardly knew what was a gym . Already I frequent regularly mine, do pilates I am an old and much more lean , "he joked .
" But aging does not occur in the same way for everyone. At 79, I made a trip to Israel and many young people who were part of my group did not have the same layout as me. I left behind most of them , for example , failed to ascend Mount Sinai, "said Eliseu . Nevertheless , he considers unfair raise the minimum age for people " who have contributed for so long to the development of society " have access to the benefits provided for in the Elderly .
Edition : Marcos Chagas
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