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This is a different show, that will travel the Brazillian streets,
talk to old men and women, and show how they live across the country.
We will talk to the health care professionals, we'll know how their life quality is.
To know what they need, a the funniest...
We will make dreams come true, come along!
This is a love story that deserves to be heard.
It's Capitain Cardozo and his wife Alice's story.
They were a couple with strong and honest ideals of love and fraternity.
Their intention was to create a charity institution, where the needy old men could live.
They didn't have enough money, though.
Mrs. Alice passed away in '49.
And in the year of 1952, the Capitain won the first lottery prize.
Next, with the prize money, the Capitain bought a land 30 thousand m² big, close to the Presidente Dutra freeway, in Guarulhos.
Giving birth to the edification Home for the Elderly Men Sister Alice, a tribute to his wife.
Can't help this love.
Since its inception, the institution's maintenance happens thanks the donations given by common people, or helping enterprises.
It is not an easy task to maintain a 100% philanthropic institution in a country with so few government incentives,
but the important thing is that we stay on top of everything that is happening in Brazil, whether you are young, adult or child,
welcome, because being old is also part of life.
As you can see, House of Old Sister Alice, and I'm here with Ricardo.
Ricardo, what exactly do you do here?
I am the director of the house, volunteer, 23 years now.
23 years now... How's the structure of the house? How do they find it? How many people live here?
The house helps theneedy old helpless, male, older than 65 years.
The abandoned are usually brought by communities.
And here we give'em support, from the basic: food and clothing. To the medical field, with monitoring, nursing, physiotherapy, psychology.
The entire service is sponsored by volunteers.
And how do people come to know how to help as volunteers discovered this House?
Completely through networking, people telling each other, this has been happening since 1952.
One warning another, volunteering, joining hands and bringing them forth.
- Today you help how many people here? - About thirty people.
Thirty people found the house how?
A community, a priest, a pastor, a village who know someone who has been abandoned, gather and bring.
They go through an interview, screening and end up getting this support in the end of their life.
This is a beautiful country house, huge, very well structured and staffed only with volunteers
and all the people who live here, who reside in this space, they do not have family,
were abandoned, forgotten here.
And thank God they found this little piece of heaven on Earth.
And we'll get to know this place and the people who live here, in the House For The Elderly Men Sister Alice.
Come with me. Come on.
- They also have parties here. How do you make parties for them? - Joaninas. (From Saint Jhon, happens in June in Brazil)
A group of volunteers come each year to the Joaninas, with all traditionalism.
Has until the greasy pole? And they go up? Let's put someone to go up there ..
It is very illustrative, the whole scenario is mounted for contact with people is the greatest need of them ...
Incidentally, this is the biggest problem of people of age that are forgotten.
- It is very serious, the lack of affection. - The need.
Ricardo, why do you think that the elderly in Brazil is so abandoned, left out?
It is cultural, from the Brazilian culture. We differentiate from the Japanese, they value their elderly, something we do not do.
Do you think it has to do with education? Do you think if we werein a country that invested in education
maybe today we could look to our elders as teachers
and not as a 'bunch' of deposit that has no further use ...
It is quite possible, because you depreciate your teacher, you do not have a culture that values the elder, most experienced.
And then at the end, you will get the same treatment, the same problem.
- And everyone gets old, huh? Who lives, grows old. Ain'i it true, Ricardo? - That's right.
- How old are you? - Fifty-one.
- Fifty-one years old, are you afraid of being abandoned? - No. Thank God, no.
- You have a family who cares for you, gives you support and everything? - I have.
See? There are over 30 men here who've been abandoned. Impressive... Let's meet them!
Good afternoon!
But it is very low, good afternoon!
Let's say 'good afternoon' out loud, good afternoon!
Everybody: Good afternoon!
- What is your name? - José Ferreira da Silva.
- Your name? - Jaime.
- What is your name, sir? - John.
- It's time for lunch? - It is!
- What you doing? - I'm kneading, for those who can not chew.
- Those who has no teeth? - Yes, among other difficulties.
What is the food today?
It's beans, this bean is called in North the Bean Rope.
- You're from the North? - I'm from Bahia.
Ê, Bahia! And you work here since?
Nine years ago.
- They take care of the meals... - We cook, we do everything, take turns.
And it smells delicious, I'll tell you, huh?
Look, folks!
Here is where food that comes from for these gentlemen who live here ...
- Hi girls! - Hello!
- Everything's okay with you? Wow, what a huge place! What a great place ...
- What is your name? - Jailma.
- Jailma, and you? - Vilma.
- And you cook here every day and prepare food for the elderly? - Yes
- And enjoy cooking? - Of course!
How would you you do not like, huh? Let's see a little bit of their space and let them ...
Guys, look at the mess that is there, they are cleaning...
The thing is to come here, provide a little bit of your time and come to do volunteer work
you know a lot of people and learn a lot of stories.
- Do you have dreams? - I do...
- What is your dream? Tell us...
Look, my dream is getting very old beside my family, right? Of course.
- Everybody wants it, right? - Everybody does.
With health, and with the care of my family, that is it.
And they have a room there, exclusive for watching television.
This is the TV room, the largest one. Where the programs that are of ...
Greater appeal, tahat people like the most, gather here to watch.
We have another TV in another room, if not of please watching what is being watched here.
- Got it, let's visit the bedrooms? - Let's go.
- A bedroom here... - So are all the rooms, it is a standard.
Oh, theyre all the same - how cute, I liked these quilts, the bathroom ...
The main difference you will notice in this house against many that you will visit, is no stink of urine.
- This is true. - Well maintained, constant cleaning of the site.
- Although we consume 2,200 diapers per month. - Two thousand and two hundred!? How - gosh!
They are changed constantly, those who has their problems...
How many meals are served?
There is breakfast, lunch, an afternoon meal, dinner and a night meal with is some tea and cookies.
I just get really sad to know that these people who are here have been forgotten by their relatives,
their relatives. Abandoned, right? Forgotten in history.
- And some don't even have, right? - Some don't, just don't.
It's all very well taken care of, we can see the plants, a green space, very beautiful. And its located in a little distance from town, right? It is a real refuge.
We are about 30km from the city of São Paulo, in Guarulhos off the Dutra freeway, near the Arujá's toll.
- What is your name? - My name is Juracir dos Santos, I volunteer in the home for the elderly Sister Alice.
- For a long time I cut the hair of the elderly. - How long?
For a long time, over twenty years now.
- And how did you find this place? - I discovered by chance, a colleague brought me to do gardening.
And suddenly the opportunity arose to work as a volunteer to cut their hair.
- I've been here over twenty years now. - How many hairs you cut a day?
First there were 65, now we only have 22 hairs. But they were 65.
- And they do requests? Do you like the way he cuts your hair? - I like...
Our program will be back with more stories for you.
Imagine yourself in the following situation, you are 65 to 70 years old and put in an house for the elderly.
You'll have to live there, being taken care of there, in the situation it is. Have you ever stopped to think about it?
Today, to be honest, to have money to go a home for the elderly will be difficult, the thing is to start saving now.
But if I have to live in a home for the elderly, if there's a good internet, a tablet, friendships to make...
- I think life outta teach us to understand the circumstances. - Got it.
- I think if you have a home, it will be good. - That's it.
- She is shy, how cute. So beautiful and shy. - Oh, I'm not.
- What is your name, ma'am? - Lola.
- And how old are you? - Eighty.
Eighty and you walk all around alone. What if someone gets you and throw in a home for the elderly?
Do you think you would be sad?
- Of course. - What do you think when the expression "home for the elderly" comes to your mind?
You goe to an home for the elderly when the family does not want to take care of their parents anymore.
Ah, you think so? That's it.
- How old are you? - I'm Mauricio, I'm forty-something.
- And when you're sixty years old, will end up in a home for the elderly? - Whoa, I guess not, huh?
- No, the children will not let you? - No. I think not.
- Do you think being an elder in Brazil today pays off? - Pays.
- What do you do for a living? - I am a deliverer.
Good job.
- Do you think this country that we live called Brazil, people age well? - No.
- No? What is lacking? - Whoa, actually its lacking much. One can't even count.
Lack much.
What do you think of the elderly in Brazil today?
What is your opinion on this subject?
Look, the elderly have to go for their needs, because they can not stand still.
- Have you ever stopped to think about being old? - Of course!
What did you think? What conclusion did you reach?
I concluded that I have to start now to prepare myself for getting older.
But what is it to"prepare"?
- Gosh, it's pretty dull, is very conservative. - Oh, you think that being old is being conservative?
No, I think for you to grow old, you must be conservative.
- We do? Why? - We don't live in a country where we can grow old comfortably.
We don't have a goot health system.
We work so we will have money when we're of age.
So if we take care since now, we'll be fine when getting old, see?
- This is a moment of fun here? Is it not? - It is.
- What is your name? - It's Rogerio Martins.
Rogerio Martins! You have my name, my friend. Pleasure to meet you.
- And you? - Indalécio de Freitas.
Indalécio, the name of my grandfather. The name of my grandfather!
- Have you lived here for a long time already? - I've lived here for ten years.
And came from where?
I came from Jardim Tremembé, spent a little time in Guarulhos and came here.
- Do you have any family? - I do, I do have family. Nephew, sisters.
- Do you have dreams? - Dreams? Several.
- Is there any dream that you would like to accomplish? - I have many dreams.
Tell us one...
-To be an artist some day, right? - Oh yeah!? Singer?
Could be.
- Like to sing? - Love to!
- What else do you enjoy doing? - I like to sing, write books ...
- Really? Have you written a book? - Yes, I write. Yes.
- What kind of books have you written? - Books of poems.
That's cool!
So, poems... you're a poet, singer.
- What else? - I studied until the fifth grade.
Until the fifth grade, why couldn't you go on?
I had to work, did not have much of the "green ones", then I had to work and only studied up to the fifth grade.
- What style of music do you like? - All.
- But there's one that touches the heart. - I believe it is Samba.
- Samba!? Can you sing a little for us then?
- But then we sing together. - Come on, then.
And we're going to a short break, but will be right back.
UltraFarma prepared a surprise for the home, just wait. We'll be right back.
- Odécio, how old are you? I'm seventy-seven.
- Seventy-seven years of age, and been here for how long? - Eight years.
- And how did you discover this place? - I did not, someone found for me.
I had bladder cancer, operated on the central hospital and after the operation they found a place for me here.
- Then came to the home for the elderly. To heaven, right? - To heaven? Why do you call it heaven?
Because being here is wonderful, who says bad things about this place do not know what is bad.
- Where were you born? - I'm from Rio.
- Born in Rio, where? - I'm from Rocha Miranda. (North Zone)
- Married? - I've been married a few times, but now...
- Sometimes? - Sometimes.
- Then you were an womanizer! Oh, you're one of them. Aren't you? - No, it's ...
- And had children? - I have.
- How many? - Five.
- Five children... - Yeah, they're out there.
Let's sit here on the bench. Sit here with me? Sit here. Five children?
- And what do they do? - Do not know, don't even know if they are alive.
- Oh, you didn't keep them in touch. - No.
- And why did you loose contact? - Because I went out to the world, right?
Went to the world, separated from the wife. No use in crying over the spilled milk, right?
The children also did not want to know...
- But, did you betray your wifr? - No, no...
- She was faithful? - Well, at least I think it was... we don't know right?
- And the children, you lost contact with them, right? - Total.
- Today, your family is... - Myself and the House for the Elderly Men.
Do you have any dream for the coming years?
My dream is to, if I can and they let, stay here until the final hour.
- And what do you do here daily? - I weld an iron, weld another iron, fix up a chair...
- You had a profession along your life? - I'm a driver.
- Who drived what? - Winches.
- Winches? You have drived all those trucks? - I worked for a long time.
- Really? - And when I came here, I was in one.
Have you always lived in Rio de Janeiro?
Look, I think I never lived in Rio de Janeiro.
- If asked for the address, gave the address from there ... - And after the age of 18, I went out to the world.
I went to Porto Alegre, Curitiba, came to São Paulo.
And that story is, the world goes round.
How do you think was your aging process in Brazil?
I think it was good.
-Health? - Health, lacked 8 or 9 years ago.
-You said you had a bladder cancer. - A bladder cancer.
Only by the house...
- Do you know why you had cancer or not? - I started urinating blood.
- Oh, you found it out urinating blood? - Urinating blood...
And managed to beat the cancer?
- By the home, because the house is too good.. - It is, right? The space is beautiful, huh?
-The space is beautiful, really. - You know what I'm talking about reality.
- Not only the space, the treatment also, who says bad things... - And then you were cured from cancer?
I believe so, because I did 11 operations by the house.
And one by the central hospital.
Thank God, so far I'm not feeling anything. I'll have a review in August, to see what happened in the end.
If you could leave a message for us who are aging
to the people who will grow old in Brazil, to people who care for the elderly,
to people who need to think politics for the elderly, what would that message be?
Take these people that're needing off the streets.
The population of Brazil has undergone major changes in recent years.
In 2010, for example, the census recorded a greater number of people on the age of 65
than 4 year olds.
This means that our people are getting old across the country. And we need to create worthy structures
to take better care for our ladies and gentlemen.
According to the census, in 1991, ten million and a half were elders in Brazil.
In 2003, we added up to 23 and a half million elders in Brazil.
The projection says that by 2020, we already will be forty million seniors across Brazil.
Really?
What kind of challenges you find dayly as a nurse?
Because they are only men, it's a challenge because most of them had no
a feminine contact, did not accept the rules of us women.
And here is a place where most of the employees are women,
then they feel kinda run by women and sometimes have to abide.
"Look, now it's bath time." "Time for lunch." "Shave."
And when we get to shave them, they are a bit apprehensive, asking for us to be careful.
- Afraid of being hurt... - Change the diaper as well.
When we need to change the diapers of freshmen, they ask
things like "And your husband, what he says about this job?"
At bath time, some just need supervision
we stay there just looking in case they slip and fall, telling them to hold the bars,
to put the slippers, hold while they are rubbing.
And they say "No, you can leave, I bathe alone." And turn, not wanting to be seen. They are shy.
"Are you going to stand there and look?"
- And have you worked here for how long? - Five years now.
- Here, five years now. - Five years.
- How wonderful. - It is very fun.
And it was always a dream, or you just fell here by chance?
We have the choice in college, for Family Care Program or geriatrics. I chose geriatrics.
How do you see the aging process in Brazil?
A lack of respect.
We have contact with the health system, we see the government doing propaganda about respecting the elderly,
but we don't see that in the health system itself, there is no such respect.
Sometimes we have difficulty finding bathrooms for the handkept,
and when we do, there's no light, or a good discharge, or space for the nurse.
It is very concerning. And in the waiting rooms, they do not have a priority.
If you do not remember them that they are wheelchair users, they do not remember their right.
When we go to the emergency room, people sufer some rejection.
- It's challenging. - It's challenging.
- How do you think will be your old age? - I believe it will be good.
Because no one changes when it gets old.
The way we are today, we will be after aging.
Are you afraid of getting old?
I am. I am, because it is very difficult to be in a country that does not respect the elderly today.
But, ten years from now? Twenty years?
I say it'll be good because I try to do everything possible to have a healthy process of aging,
make the most of the time to do an exercise, walking.
Even how you treat them, the time to carry them from the bed to the chair, take great care with us too. Not only them.
They need me, but I need theim too. Their collaboration.
In the transportation, if I don't do a good maneuver, I end up hurting myself.
Then I will not need to get to their age, to be feeling the pain they are feeling today.
This is Edinalva, the nurse...
Everybody come closer. Please Ricardo. I everyone close to me. Come here.
Sir, come here, handsome.
I was told that you don't have interent and no cable.
- Do you have internet here? - Nope.
Internet is very cool, for you guys to have contact with the world.
Maybe create a profile, post photos, imagine if you find a lot of relatives on the web?
I want now, Ricardo, to give you this check worth ten thousand reais,
sign for internet and cable for a long time!
Let's make a really nice plan of TV and internet, for you to have access to more communication,
create a profile and watch more TV channels.
UltraFarma is giving you ten thousand bucks! Where's the applause, where are the screams!?
This was UltraFarma Visita. Call us to visit and participate, you doing volunteering
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That's it, then. See y'all next program, people!
- We'll come back next week with more dreams. - And more money!
And more money, yay! Bye!