Redes de apoyo y factores psicosociales en los adultos mayores

Abstract

The support networks that older adults have determine their quality of life at the stage they are in, a place where they converge with psychosocial factors from their own internal vision and the support they perceive from institutions, family or friends, making it clear how this relationship not only leads to healthier lifestyles, but comprehensively affects routines, nutrition, sustenance, emotions and senses, in the complexity of creating a healthy lifestyle in the physical and psychological aspect, in turn showing from Social Work a descriptive analysis of these structures in the group of older adults from the Ambato Health Center No. 1, which under the technical and methodological bases of the profession, data and lifestyles of this population are qualitatively and quantitatively explored, visualizing challenges in the emotional structures of older adults, from their visions that show a lack of resilience there is a field that must be addressed comprehensively, at the same time as the role taken by public health institutions of the State as entities that preserve and promote the health of the elderly in programs and projects that do not They are isolated from healthcare and medication, but their approach has allowed the creation of a valuable support network for older adults, where most find a space conducive to their development and vital to maintaining their lifestyle.