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Social interventions of occupational therapy with elderly people in south america: a not systematic literature review

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  • Claudia Reinoso Araujo de Carvalho Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Ana Paula Serrata Malfitano Universidade Federal de São Carlos http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0502-3194
  • Roseli Esquerdo Lopes Universidad Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar
Vol. 18 No. 2 (2018): Diciembre
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5346.2018.48822

Abstract

Occupational Therapy in Gerontology still concentrates on biomedical approaches, centered on the individual and the health-disease processes. However, we observe the need to address aging as a collective issue and a social phenomenon, understanding the complexity of the phenomenon, breaking with the reductionist vision of associating old age with illness and dependence. This article aims to reflect on occupational therapy and the sociocultural issues that involve aging in South America through experiences published in its context. The references were located through an unsystematic review in the journals of the occupational therapy area of Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Colombia, specifically those located in the Lilacs and Scielo databases, and by recommendation of occupational therapists contacted in those countries that work in this area. Experiences in occupational therapy related to territoriality and aging, the use of free time and the cultural activities of the elderly, and the Unified Social Assistance System, a Brazilian national policy were found and discussed. The experiences hereby gathered and discussed are diverse and portrayed inclusive, comprehensive and coherent actions with the age and social structure in these countries. The relevance of the development of research and of practical actions directed to the social field to the approach of the aging in this region is worthy of note.

Keywords:

Occupational Therapy, Elderly, South America, Population Dynamics.

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Reinoso Araujo de Carvalho, C., Serrata Malfitano, A. P., & Esquerdo Lopes, R. (2018). Social interventions of occupational therapy with elderly people in south america: a not systematic literature review: intervenciones colectivas, territoriales y sociales. Revista Chilena De Terapia Ocupacional, 18(2), 29–43. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5346.2018.48822
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