01747nas a2200361   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653003100059653000900090653002200099653002300121653001100144653001100155653001800166653002600184653001100210653002500221653002800246653002400274653001200298653000900310653001600319653002200335653002500357653001700382100001500399700001700414245008600431300001100517490000700528520083600535022001401371       2009                            d  c2009 Apr-Jun10aActivities of Daily Living10aAged10aAged, 80 and over10aAnecdotes as Topic10aBrazil10aFemale10aHealth Status10aHistory, 20th Century10aHumans10aInstitutionalization10aInterpersonal Relations10aInterviews as Topic10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aPatient Isolation10aQualitative Research10aSocial Class1 aCastro SMS1 aWatanabe HAW00a[The compulsory isolation of Hansen's disease patients: memories of the elderly].  a449-870 v163 a<p>From 1924 to 1962, Brazil used compulsory internment of Hansen's disease patients as one of the ways of controlling the disease in the community. After this policy ended, many patients continued to live in these units. The former Asilo Pirapitingui, now the Hospital Dr. Francisco Ribeiro Arantes, is the only old-style asylum for the socially determined internment of those suffering from Hansen's disease. Through recorded and transcribed interviews of eight of those remaining, we sought to learn their history and the meaning of this isolation in their lives. The thematic analysis of the discourse enabled identification of the following analysis categories: Hansen's disease; internment day-to-day life; the institution; current health conditions; and staying in the institution after the end of compulsory internment.</p>  a0104-5970