Intervención del trabajo social en el bienestar de los adultos mayores del Hospital Teófilo Dávila de la ciudad de Machala

Abstract

The purpose of this research work is to highlight the intervention carried out by the Social Work professional, guaranteeing the well-being of older adults who are part of the Senior Adult and Diabetes program of Teófilo Dávila Hospital in the city of Machala year 2019. For a better understanding of the systematization of experiences, the contributions of different authors have been considered, through the search for information from different bibliographic sources. The Social Work professional must be able to intervene in the different problems that arise around the elderly, to have their rights respected, because because of their age they no longer receive the respect and human value they deserve. The social worker must guarantee the well-being of older adults, providing quality care, so they must continually strengthen their professional knowledge and skills. Older adults are a vulnerable population that require specific attention by the Social Worker who manages the different existing resources to whose access they are entitled, especially dedicated to the analysis of the impact of socio-cultural and environmental conditions in the aging process in order to guarantee old age with dignity. The Social Worker intervenes with the patient and his family to ensure that their rights are respected and can access all the benefits that are assigned by law to the elderly, logically that in these benefits of Law is the health their most decisive right , which will result in a calm, dignified and healthy adulthood. It is important to highlight that the family plays the most important role in the quality of life of an older adult, sharing spaces of family life and recreation with people closest to their blood circle or friendships that are part of their daily lives, is essential in the Aging process of every human being.