Sociocultural actions to improve the quality of life in the old age

Abstract

The significant increase in the number of elderly people is a positive fact and a great achievement for society, but at the same time a great challenge due to the high social and economic demands that this fact implies. This situation leads to the realization of studies and projects to address this population and provide them with a better quality of life. In the “Santa Rosa” community belonging to the Tercer Frente municipality, 36.8% of the population is over 60 years of age; however, the activities developed with this age group in the community are insufficient. In this sense, a sociocultural project is proposed with the objective of designing a plan of actions aimed at the elderly in the “Santa Rosa” community of the Tercer Frente municipality. In the development of the research, research-action-participation was assumed as a methodology of intervention, which allowed enhancing the participation and protagonism of the main beneficiaries, the sector of older adults, giving them a leading role in the detection of their main problems through the application of the diagnosis. The proposed project is planned to be developed over a period of 1 year.