Relaciones familiares y salud de adultos mayores hombres privados de libertad

Abstract

When we talk about elderly people that are deprived of freedom, we know that there is a high level of vulnerability, so consider their relationship and their health is really important, in that stage of human life usually appear catastrophic illness that influence in family dynamics, that is why the purpose of this research is focused on: Determine the influence of family relationships in the health of elderly people that are deprived of freedom. For the research we worked with twenty old men that are deprived of freedom in CPL Tungurahua N°1, that is the unique jail near the area, the information was analyzed with a mixed method, for the qualitative area we consider the documentation provided by the area of Social Work and life stories of the researched population, while for the quantitative area we reformulate the inquest “ Sabe I” and the inquest “ Adultos Mayores” that gave us information about: general data, current health status and information about the interaction between the medical department of the CPL and the group of study. The hypothesis testing was able to demonstrate that there is no correlation between family relationships and the health of elderly people that are deprived of freedom, despite of this, be determine that research variables are necessary to reach a right social rehabilitation.