Mejoramiento de los estilos de vida saludable del adulto mayor, en el Hospicio “Hogar de la Paz” de las Misioneras de la Caridad -Madre Teresa de Calcuta, Guayaquil, 2015

Abstract

Problems detected in the insertion of seniors in government programs by multiple factors, such as lack of promotion of these institutions that have insufficient resources to fund them. These institutions have neglected spaces and areas of recreation, and unknowns of basic hygiene and nutrition personnel in charge of the elderly. With this background, this paper develops, in order to improve practice healthy lifestyles of the elderly in the "Home of Peace" of the Missionaries of Charity who has 62 residents of the site, located in Canton Guayaquil. The situational analysis applied problems reflected in the nutritional status and infections associated with hygiene in a high percentage of elderly, following which the intervention was decided. This project uses the logical framework methodology. Trainings were conducted to solve the main problems, involving the voluntary and extra staff, guides elderly care and hygiene were developed and a better space for the practice of physical activities adapted.