La intervención del trabajo social en la atención familiar del adulto mayor en el cantón Arenillas

Abstract

The trial carries out an analysis of the incidence in the intervention of social work in the family care of the elderly in Cantón Arenillas, from this perspective, a critical position is assumed of the care that older adults receive from families, in the In recent decades, there has been little evidence of state participation in the development of regulations that advocate for the benefit of these strata. The little family disposition in caring for their elderly leads to a deterioration in humanistic ties, due to the type of population that are elderly people, personalized care is required that knows how to meet the needs of these individuals based on contemplating their pathologies, desires, desires, among other attributes that are of primary interest. In this sense, Social Work proposes a new paradigm, oriented to changes regarding the structuring of mechanisms that allow to attend to families, intervene in the social aspect and generate resources for priority care of the elderly. The analysis process in this area presents a qualitative and bibliographic type methodology, since the theoretical foundation must be analyzed and the conceptions necessary for the understanding of the problem must be built, in turn, the problematization arises from previous inquiries in primary and secondary research sources, In this way, it will be possible to show whether the impact of the Social Work intervention in families contributes to the improvement of the quality of life of the elderly.