Jorge and Elsa: A story of abandonment
Case study that tells the story of Elsa Ayala and Jorge Olivares, an elderly couple who, in the year 2018, took their own lives due to the forced separation they were facing, given the material inability to offer Elsa care in a context of economic precariousness and abandonment by the State.
- Categories: Health and Wellness; Economic Development and World of Work; Diversity and Inclusion
- Subjects: Social security and workers rights; Mental health; Senior citizens; Communal care system
- Authorship: UAR Team
- User profile: Leaders/Promoters of senior citizen’s organizations
- Type of material: Case study
- Format: Text
- Resource extension: 1 page
- Resource size: 0.003 MB
- Main language: English
- Secondary language: Doesn’t apply
- Author’s rights: Derivative work
- Name of the original resource: Jorge y Elsa: Una historia de abandono
- Date: 2019
- Autorship: UAR Team
- Publication date: 2024
- CREA Publication date: 2024
- Uploaded by: UAR Team
- Cell phone compatibility: Yes
- Accessibility for disabled people: Doesn’t apply
- Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
