Deepening the forgetfulness of institutionalized older people during the first pandemic of the 21st century

Authors

  • Evaristo Arcos Miranda Universidad Intercultural del Estado de México (UIEM), México https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2474-9046

    Dr. en Ciencias en Estudios del Desarrollo Rural por el Colegio de Posgraduados y M. en C. en Sociología Rural por la Universidad Autónoma Chapingo. Es Profesor-investigador en la Universidad Intercultural del Estado de México. Línea de investigación: Vejez, vejez indígena, Residencias para ancianos, procesos educativos, olvido social y memoria colectiva. Publicación reciente: Arcos, E. (2020). Pobreza y olvido social: una aproximación antropológica a la vejez. México: Castellanos Editores. Arcos, E., Serrano, D., y Echeverría, M. (2019). La enseñanza de la historia en el medio indígena: del olvido social a la memoria colectiva. México: Castellanos Editores.
  • María del Rocío Echeverría González Universidad Intercultural del Estado de Puebla (UIEP), México https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1571-8026

    Dra. en Ciencias Agrarias por la Universidad Autónoma Chapingo y M. en C. en Producción Agrícola Sustentable por el Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Profesora-Investigadora de la Universidad Intercultural del Estado de Puebla. Línea de investigación: Antropología rural: cosmovisión, identidad, pobreza, vejez y desigualdad étnica. Publicación reciente: Echeverría González, M. de R.; Martínez Díaz, F. J. y Guzmán Mundo. F. (2020). “Aspectos teóricos en Lengua y Cultura desde la perspectiva del arte, el patrimonio cultural y la restauración” En De Jesús Desidério, E. (Coord.) Semillero de Iniciación científica en Sustentabilidad e interculturalidad. UIEP. 294 pp.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18800/anthropologica.202102.010

Keywords:

confinement, COVID-19, family and social forgetfulness, geriatric residences, institucionalized elderly women and men

Abstract

The disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 hit the world at the end of 2019, but it was in 2020 when it reached Latin America, and it did so severely. Faced with its imminent overflow, health systems prescribed confinement as a central measure to prevent its spread and, above all, to protect vulnerable populations. This article deals with this emerging issue, under the assumption that distancing measures would accentuate the family forgetfulness of the elderly, especially those who are in the last stage of life as inmates. From a qualitative approach, the impact of the phenomenon on the family relationships of the elderly in a residence located in Alto Balsas, Guerrero was analyzed, detecting that the calamity accentuated filial detachment towards them, and concluding that, regardless of the current socio-sanitary circumstances, the institutionalized experience an alarming stage of family forgetfulness.

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Published

2021-12-29

How to Cite

Arcos Miranda, E., & Echeverría González, M. del R. (2021). Deepening the forgetfulness of institutionalized older people during the first pandemic of the 21st century. Anthropologica Del Departamento De Ciencias Sociales, 39(47), 265–287. https://doi.org/10.18800/anthropologica.202102.010

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 47 (2021): Latin American old age and COVID-19/ Indigenous people in Isolation and Initial Contact

Section

Latin American old age and the impact of COVID-19 in the elderly

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