Alice's Pigeons: Getting Old in Portugal
No. 45 MAY 2020
These stories depict an increasingly ageing country that has many different realities. Alice has no family and no friends and feeds pigeons inside the house to entertain herself. António found a decent solution in a care home for the elderly, Maria de Lurdes is a social media expert and is a fan of the cultural programmes at the day centre. Fernanda decided to sell her house and go to a home to ensure healthcare.
In three decades, almost half of the Portuguese will be over 60 years old. Hence the urgency of these questions: How do our elderly live? Why are they so alone? Is the city hostile to them? What about the rural world? Do the family, homes and day centres treat people who are dependent on the care of others well?
In this book, we tell real stories of those who, although still autonomous, are victims of real estate pressure, of a lack of affection and poverty, or those who, due to illness, live in a care home or can no longer leave their own home. These are cases of loneliness and discrimination, the difficulties and needs of the elderly in Portugal. But happy endings count too, because hope springs eternal.
These stories depict an increasingly ageing country that has many different realities. Alice has no family and no friends and feeds pigeons inside the house to entertain herself. António found a decent solution in a care home for the elderly, Maria de Lurdes is a social media expert and is a fan of the cultural programmes at the day centre. Fernanda decided to sell her house and go to a home to ensure healthcare.
In three decades, almost half of the Portuguese will be over 60 years old. Hence the urgency of these questions: How do our elderly live? Why are they so alone? Is the city hostile to them? What about the rural world? Do the family, homes and day centres treat people who are dependent on the care of others well?
In this book, we tell real stories of those who, although still autonomous, are victims of real estate pressure, of a lack of affection and poverty, or those who, due to illness, live in a care home or can no longer leave their own home. These are cases of loneliness and discrimination, the difficulties and needs of the elderly in Portugal. But happy endings count too, because hope springs eternal.
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Dimensions
6 × 130 × 200 mm
ISBN
978-989-9004-11-5
Book available only in Portuguese
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