Extensio: Revista Eletrônica de Extensão (Jan 2009)

THE SOCIALIZATION OF ELDERS IN COEXISTENCE GROUPS AS A POSSIBILITY OF A HEALTHY AGING

  • Maria Izabel da Silva,
  • Fernando Kinoshita

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5007/1807-0221.2009v6n7p133
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 7
pp. 133 – 149

Abstract

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The aim of this article is to identify elements from the participation of oldiers in coexistence groups, based in the professional exercise of the social worker. It comes of a interdisciplinary investigation carried out with senior groups in Florianopolis/SC, that results evinced the point of the coexistence group in their lifes as to the process of socialization and prevention of social isolation, contributing, in such a way, to the democratic process under construction, as well as the amplification and consolidation of the citizenship and human rights.

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