Sujeito-Velho e Pandemia: modos de subjetivação e controle da vida.

This article proposed to analyze the discourses of truths seen on the Web site Portal do Envelhecimento that have been subjecting the elderly subjects in the period of the covid-19 pandemic in Brazil. The theoretical field undertaken in this study refers, principally, to Michel Foucault's studies regarding discussions about subject and subjectivity. How discourses of truth are composed on the subject of health and old age of the population are problematized. It is a question of scrutinizing the reports of the Portal do Envelhecimento that focus on the pandemic and old age. The time frame of the analytical study comprises materials from 2019 to 2021. We look at the strategies that media produces and promotes, such as habits and lifestyles, modifying the subjects, defining conducts, and creating control and regulatory approaches for the elderly population. However, it is also seen that the stories can contribute to the elderly thinking about the problems they face, the health experiences they have, and the possible ways of dealing with what affects them. It is about aiming carefully and with the Foucaultian scope how elders reach old age in this pandemic time we are going through. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]