A survey by FGV Social shows that, in the last ten years, the percentage of people living with elderly people over 65 has been increasing.
After the separation, publicist Thalyta Gomes, 33, decided to return to the house where she grew up and live with her grandmother, who is 84 years old and just starting to grow up. Alzheimer’s. “She can’t be alone anymore,” she says. Talhyta’s 12-year-old daughter and an uncle also live in the house, located in Jardim São Luís, south of São Paulo. The family had also requested the service of a carer, but due to the high costs they decided not to do so.
Thalyta hopes to live with her grandmother until she moves out of her apartment CDHU – be ready next year. “I was able to return to the house I always lived in,” she says. “It’s not worth paying rent. I managed to save some money and have already bought a stove, refrigerator and small appliances.”
Today, household expenses are divided between Thalyta, her uncle and grandmother, who have a pension, and the money from two rented houses on the same land where they live. “We buy what we need and split the bills,” says the publicist.
Thalyta’s case is not isolated in Brazil. Over the last ten years the percentage of people living with elderly people over 65 has been growing. Survey carried out by FGV Social, with data from the Annual Continuous Pnad, it emerges that, between 2012 and 2022, this participation increased in all states of the Federation. “Today we see families of several generations living together in the same residence,” says the director of FGV Social, Marcelo Neri.
According to him, although class C represents the highest percentage of people living with elderly people (25.04%), it was class AB that had the greatest increase in participation. It went from 20.32% in 2012 to 24.97% last year. The movement can be explained by a series of factors, such as high youth unemployment in recent years, the aging of the population and also the increase in the cost of living.
