Viuvez na velhice: as implicações da perda do cônjugue na vida dos idosos através da análise do filme UP-Altas Aventuras

Abstract

Due the increase in the elderly population in the world, was noticed the necessity for studies about the aspects that involve and can make the full aging process difficult. Present in this process, the confrontation of grief for loss of spouse shows itself as a concrete possibility and that causes significant suffering in the life of the elderly. From this point, the objective of this study was to understand the processes of facing the mourning in the phase of old age and the challenges focused on widowhood, through an analysis of the scenes of Up-Altas Adventures animation. The methodology for this reasearch fits the qualitative approach through bibliographic research using available records, as books, articles and thesis as well as the filmic analysis to understand the aging process, the experience of widowhood and how it influences the character that characterizes the current elderly population. After the analysis and discussion of theoretical material, this study demonstrated that the implications of widowhood, associated with the complex aging process repercussions even more painful in the life of the elderly. The elderly could still be proved to face stigmatization that hinders their post-wored relational process, as well as the psychological work aimed at this context.