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

Authors

  • Sueli dos Santos Vitorino UNIVERSIDADE SÃO JUDAS TADEU - USJT
  • Maria Luiza Jesus Miranda UNIVERSIDADE SÃO JUDAS TADEU - USJT
  • Carla Witter UNIVERSIDADE SÃO JUDAS TADEU - USJT

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2012v15i2p29-42

Keywords:

Education, Successful Aging, Health, Self Care

Abstract

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.

Author Biographies

Sueli dos Santos Vitorino, UNIVERSIDADE SÃO JUDAS TADEU - USJT

Mestranda da Pós-Graduação Stricto-Sensu em Ciências do Envelhecimento Psicóloga

Maria Luiza Jesus Miranda, UNIVERSIDADE SÃO JUDAS TADEU - USJT

Professora do Mestrado em Ciências do Envelhecimento da USJT Coordenadora do Mestrado e Doutorado em Educação Física Doutora em Psicologia Formada em Educação Física

Carla Witter, UNIVERSIDADE SÃO JUDAS TADEU - USJT

Coordenadora do Mestrado em Ciências do Envelhecimento da USJT Doutora em Psicologia da Aprendizagem e Desenvolvimento Humano - IP USP Coord. Curso de Graduação em Psicologia Psicóloga Psicologia e Envelhecimento

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Published

2013-03-04

How to Cite

Vitorino, S. dos S., Miranda, M. L. J., & Witter, C. (2013). Education and successful aging: reflections on health and self-care. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 15(2), 29–42. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2012v15i2p29-42

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2012)

Section

Papers

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