Protagonist participation of older adults and professional performance in Social Work

This text aims to reflect on the protagonist participation of older adults and their close relationship with the professional performance of Social Work. Peru’s demographic reality is constantly changing; a progressive demographic phenomenon is developing: population ageing. At the same time, there...

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Autores: García Escobar, Jorge, Villa Cavero, Joselyn
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/18494
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/sociales/article/view/18494
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Aging
older adults
participation
protagonist
Social Work
Envejecimiento
personas adultas mayores
participación
protagonismo
Trabajo Social
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Sumario:This text aims to reflect on the protagonist participation of older adults and their close relationship with the professional performance of Social Work. Peru’s demographic reality is constantly changing; a progressive demographic phenomenon is developing: population ageing. At the same time, there are still stereotypes that typecast older adults into a passive person role. Faced with this scenario, they since their protagonist participation, and, through their organizations fighting for their rights, have laid the groundwork for contribute to build an inclusive society, that dignify them as subjects of rights and within the framework of the protagonist paradigm. In the face of this reality, Social Work accompanies values and contributes to the active and decisive participation of this population, making visible their needs, demands and contributions, to fight with them for an inclusive society for all ages; and, realizing his professional performance through public policies.