on Sep 9th, 2006Casa de Santa Ana
Casa de Santa Ana Brazil
Travessa Débora 107 – Cidade de Deus
Cep: 22773-060 - Jacarepaguá – Rio de Janeiro – Brasil
Telefone: + 55 (21) 3342-2027
E-mail: contato@casadesantaana.org.br
Globalization these days includes more than just manufactured products. In Brazil, Casa de Santa Ana aims to revolutionize the way senior citizens are taken care when they become incapacitated or infirm. Viva la day care!
Nearly 10% of Brazil’s population is over 60 and the country is experiencing an aging trend. Brazil is one of the world’s most unequal countries with the UNDP estimating that the richest 10% of the population controls 46.7% of the wealth and the bottom 10% only .5%. In Brazil, where social security and health services for the country’s poorest are non-existent or precarious at best, its growing over-60 population is increasingly vulnerable.
Rather than an old-age home, one participant called Casa de Santa Ana a “new age” home reflecting the new life it brings to seniors. The project has attracted the attention of local government officials, Brazilian NGOs and international organizations. Lourdes has told its story in Cuba and Holland and has helped other communities in Rio and in other cities replicate this new way of serving seniors. Lourdes has created partnerships with local universities to teach their students of public health and gerontology a new way of working with seniors.
A New Kind of Daycare: “Age-old” Solutions for Senior Citizens in Brazil
In Rio de Janeiro’s most notorious slum, social entrepreneur Maria de Lourdes Braz is turning daycare around and making senior citizens a resource in their communities.Date Posted on Global Envision: April 26, 2006