Los talleres para personas mayores: estado actual y adecuaciones en pandemia

Abstract

This article makes a theoretical synthesis and research background around workshops for older people today. It is divided into two sections. In the first section, the workshops are characterized by framing them as a type of positive intervention and as formal support devices. In this sense, its important socializing function is highlighted, its inclusive nature due to the few entry requirements that allow access to a heterogeneous population, the diversity of thematic areas that are offered and its distinctive characteristics from the methodological point of view. In the second section, some research background and experience reports are described that demonstrate the adaptations that had to be made since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and the Preventive and Mandatory Social Isolation. Although giving continuity to these workshops in virtuality was a great challenge, the fact that they were held in this context once again demonstrated the importance of these devices for the socialization and well-being of the elderly. However, it is necessary to continue working to reduce the limitations of virtuality and the difficulties of access to it, so that all older people can have the same development opportunities.