Inclusión social y calidad de vida de adultos mayores del Albergue Divina Misericordia en la ciudad de Machala año 2020

Abstract

The research addresses and defines the social inclusion and quality of life of older adults of the shelter "Divina Misericordia" of the year 2020, the older adult is a being who has lived different stages of life, which has given love, attention and care to their loved ones and when they reach the stage of old age they want to be treated with respect, however this is not always the case since many are excluded and cannot achieve a decent quality of life, for this reason the inclusion of the elderly in the Today's society is a relevant issue because it is forgotten by its environment either by its relatives and the authorities, this leads to the elderly having an inadequate quality of life. In the research, the quantitative approach was used, with an exploratory-descriptive level, making a logical-inductive interpretation that consisted in the processing of selected data from both the field and bibliographic; On the other hand, the survey was used as a research technique, which made it possible to acquire information, analyze it and examine it by means of tabulations and statistical graphics. In addition, the study population was 20 older adults belonging to the “Divina Misericordia” shelter in the city ​​of Machala. Through the present work, the reality that exists in the shelter is shown, also the theoretical foundation of the research, allowed to build tools to obtain information. The results obtained show that, during the year 2020 in the COVID-19 era, the economy of the shelter was broken, due to the fact that charitable people did not contribute regularly due to lack of economic resources, many of the people who contribute economically lost their jobs Due to the pandemic, on the other hand, there is no financial aid from government institutions of the Machala canton, during the pandemic the shelter was dedicated to carrying out activities such as the sale of food, creation of old years, instead for not being a A place so well known by the community in general did not have much support, medical, logistics and food expenses are supported by the activities they carry out themselves. The proposal named "My sweetest years" consisted in the execution of different activities that improved the economy of the institution where the greatest benefactor is the elderly. Through the proposal, the acceptance of activities such as recorded videos of physical exercises, the promotional video for the sale of old years and the awareness campaign to society in general about the importance of the use of medical supplies was favorably achieved. Through publications on the social network Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, Signal, YouTube of the shelter “Divina Misericordia”. For this reason, older adults must have constant accompaniment to achieve positive aspects and carry out the objectives proposed by this priority group, the integral look of the professional in Social Work is necessary, because in their intervention they attend from the individual, in addition to the collective , that is, the interrelation with other people, from microsystems to a specific community.