Education and successful aging: reflections on health and self-care

Aging is a global phenomena, observed in different forms in developed countries and in developing countries, since successful aging is interdependent of biological, psychological and social conditions favoring to the exercise of selfcare to health. Such practices are often cultivated through educati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Vitorino, Sueli dos Santos, Miranda, Maria Luiza Jesus, Witter, Carla
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)
Repositorio:Revista Kairós (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/7531
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/kairos/article/view/7531
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Educação
Envelhecimento bem-sucedido
Saúde
Autocuidado
Education
Successful Aging
Health
Self Care
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Sumario:Aging is a global phenomena, observed in different forms in developed countries and in developing countries, since successful aging is interdependent of biological, psychological and social conditions favoring to the exercise of selfcare to health. Such practices are often cultivated through education that intertwines with the process of aging and health. This essay discusses the relation of education, selfcare and health for the successful aging in a brazilian context. Considered important articles and books about the theme permitted observe a multiple production that, often, contrasts with the objective reality of elderly’s health in the Brazil. Final considerations alert for the urgency of effective actions that take the role of the citizenship from a sketch and promotes an environment in which the subject that ages rest assured that the process of aging will be successful.