Estrategias de prevención de la violencia física y psicológica a adultos mayores, residentes del barrio San Martín, Machala 2022

Abstract

Older adults are individuals who need special care, so that their emotional and motor stability can be developed in an effective way, in addition to that they also require an evolution within the cognitive and social. However, the development of the elderly is affected when there is violence from society or even from their own family. Therefore, it is necessary that there is an accompaniment under a professional perspective towards the elderly, which involves their close relatives such as children, grandchildren, partner, so that in this way a support network is created so that the person who is in charge of the elderly can be informed about the proper care and protection of the elderly person. The present work aims to prevent physical and psychological violence to older adults, through bibliographical research and a guide for the prevention of physical and psychological violence in the city of Machala, in the San Martin neighborhood, through bibliographical research and a guide for the prevention of physical and psychological violence, under the mixed approach, through the review of bibliographical sources and the application of instruments of the area of Social Work such as observation, survey and interview.