Assistência social e o Benefício de Prestação Continuada (BPC): analisando as condições dos beneficiários

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the living conditions of 05 (five) users of the Continuous Cash Benefit in the city of Ribeirão/PE. The benefit was provided for in the Federal Constitution of 1988 and regulated by the Organic Law of Social Assistance – LOAS. This social security benefit consists of the transfer of a current minimum wage to elderly people and people with disabilities, whose families meet the criteria established by law. Through the qualitative study, we sought to understand and critically examine the reality of the lives of its beneficiaries. Therefore, it was necessary to scrutinize the profile of users, as well as their socio-economic characterization, identifying the results of social policy, checking the perception (income, consumption, between others) of the beneficiaries regarding the Continuous Cash Benefit. The results obtained reveal their precarious living conditions and show how these recipients see this public policy of social assistance existing in the country. The present study was developed, mainly, through bibliographic examination, with prevalence of deductive reasoning. It also included the analysis of 05 (five) cases, which was framed as a qualitative document with a view to examining aspects of the subjectivity of the participating subjects, this research also used data collection in interviews, in order to facilitate a detailed understanding of the recipients' beliefs, feelings, attitudes and values of the Continuous Cash Benefit.