Intervención domiciliaria del trabajador social en el proyecto Envejeciendo Juntos del GAD Municipal de Marcabeli 2023

Abstract

Social work has become a crucial discipline in the care and well-being of older adults. As the population ages, the need arises to address the challenges faced by older adults, such as social exclusion, isolation, lack of participation in community activities, and loss of social roles that can lead to feelings of loneliness and depression; in this sense social work plays a key role in preventing social exclusion by promoting the active participation of older adults in the community, which is why many communities create active aging programs that provide recreational activities and support groups to foster socialization and emotional well-being of older adults. In this context, the social worker plays a fundamental role in helping older adults face difficulties and improve their quality of life, therefore, this paper seeks to highlight the home-based intervention of the social worker in the care of older adults who are part of the project Envejeciendo Juntos Aging Together of the GAD Municipal de Marcabelí. First Semester 2023 that is carried out in the rural areas of the Marcabelí canton and includes a number of 20 participants who benefit from the project in charge of two professionals who carry out the planning. Thus, in order to have an approach to the reality and conditions of the project Envejeciendo Juntos, a bibliographic compilation of information was made through various scientific sources such as books, magazines, articles, among others, to have a clear definition of intervention methodologies and to be able to define the objectives of the project, In addition, various techniques and instruments were used, such as observation guides, interviews and surveys, which revealed that the development of activities presents many difficulties due to the lack of resources such as teaching materials, basic medical instruments and transportation that affect both the users and the social workers who intervene. However, social work focuses on identifying and addressing the physical, emotional and social needs of this population, which require the application of various methodologies; however, since they are limited, these cannot lead to the desired results and as a consequence interfere in the fulfillment of the project's goals. Therefore, a campaign called Strengthening the health of the elderly was conducted in order to make a significant contribution to the project Aging Together promoted by the GAD of the canton Marcabelí, based on the results obtained in the diagnostic process, which is to provide training and equipment such as blood pressure monitors through the management of various entities such as the fire department of the city of Huaquillas and private companies that are of utmost importance for participants, families and professionals. In this campaign, topics such as general concepts of first aid, vital signs, conceptualization of blood pressure monitors, importance and instructions for use and finally awareness of the consequences of not applying first aid in situations that warrant it were presented. This proposal allowed to obtain notorious changes in the Envejeciento Juntos project, since the participants obtained new knowledge on very important health topics, as well as the managers reinforced these topics and acquired new equipment to measure the vital signs of the older adults and to know which is their condition to carry out their programmed activities; which allowed to fulfill the objectives of the present project.