The Covid-19 pandemic, declared by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020,
generated serious consequences, like the death of millions of people around the world, the illness
and perpetuation of sequelae caused by the coronavirus, the worsening of social inequalities and
poverty, overcrowding of the health system, among others. In the list of people most susceptible
to the development of the severe form of Covid-19 disease are the elderly. In this scenario,
measures to slow down the contamination by the new virus were adopted by the states, as it
spreads quickly, with no specific treatment for the disease, which can lead to a collapse in the
health system. Faced with this health crisis, this research was guided by the following guiding
question: in what way did the Tocantins municipalities of Araguaína, Araguatins and
Tocantinópolis act to protect the elderly during the Covid-19 pandemic? The time period selected
to limit the research period was March 11, 2020 to October 2, 2020, the territorial limit
encompasses the Tocantins municipalities of Araguaína, Araguatins and Tocantinópolis, all
covered by the QualiTOPAMA Central Project. The main objective of the research was to evaluate
the municipal legal norms aimed at the protection of the elderly in the cities of Araguaína,
Araguatins and Tocantinópolis, in the context of the new coronavirus pandemic. There were three
specific objectives, the first aimed to identify, in laws and decrees of the selected municipalities,
the excerpts expressly directed to the elderly that have as their main focus the confrontation of
the Covid-19 pandemic process, grouping them into thematic categories; the second proposed to
synthesize the requests made in judicial processes of the Tocantins Districts of Araguaína,
Araguatins and Tocantinópolis whose main subject is COVID-19 and judged within the
established time limit; the third was responsible for proposing a set of rules that must be observed
by the municipalities of Tocantins for the formulation of protocols for serving the elderly,
respecting the particularities of this group and avoiding social exclusion. This technical report
adopted a critical-dialectical approach and content analysis to treat the information and data
collected. As for the classification of this research, it is characterized as empirical, applied, with a
qualitative approach and descriptive objectives, with technical, documental and bibliographic
procedures. In this case study, it was found that all processes analyzed in the defined period were
judged without resolution of the merits and the two main requests were: health demands and
request for declaration of unconstitutionality of municipal regulations; regarding the analysis of
municipal laws and decrees, noting that specific regulations were intended for the elderl
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