Cuidando da dignidade e da identidade do cuidador: uma proposta pragmática

• Autor(a) principal: Santiago, Rosemeire
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações do Mackenzie
• Texto Completo: http://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/25670
• topic: terceiro setor; cuidador; cuidado; sofrimento; voluntariado; third-sector; caretaker; care; suffrering; volunteering; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::TEOLOGIA

Through history, many occurrences that have made dehumanization a regular part of life, invading families and individuals indiscriminately, destroying souls, and decimating relationships. This created a necessity for a different way of seeing/perceiving these people, which would bring them hope and courage. With this, there began to arise the first organizations called philanthropic , today known as Non-Governmental Organizations, or Third-Sector Organizations. As these structures grew, the number also of volunteers who had the vision of helping these forgotten people grew. However, in the majority of cases, these caretakers were not cared for themselves. They carried pain, lack of love, destroyed dreams and broken lives working with people who had long ago lost the meaning of the word hope. An analysis of these caretakers will be done, who for innumerable reasons begin to lose their own identity, demonstrating, often in the way they treat the people they are serving, that they themselves need to be remembered and cared for. We intend to prepare a basis to raise consciousness of the need for training and recognition of the other and the I, creating a proposal for working in a group. The caretaker helps other people many times to bring order of the chaos into their emotional and social lives, but it is necessary also that the caretaker be heard and embraced. Having his/her own sense of dignity and worth recognized, will reflect in the heart of the other the ones cared for.