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O presente relatório apresenta o projeto desenvolvido na Casa-Acolhimento
Santa Marta, cuja finalidade era a promoção de um envelhecimento ativo e
bem-sucedido com vista à melhoria da qualidade de vida das pessoas idosas
que frequentam a resposta social de Centro de Dia.
O conhecimento coconstruído com as pessoas idosas e os profissionais da
instituição permitiu a conceção e o desenvolvimento do projeto “Não nos
deixem dormir…”. Sendo um projeto, elaborado em conjunto com os
indivíduos, privilegiou os pressupostos da metodologia de investigação-ação
participativa. Inerente a este posicionamento, incentivando a exploração e a
rentabilização dos recursos e das potencialidades endógenas, bem como
procurando atenuar ou resolver os problemas e as necessidades subjacentes,
procurou-se tornar os sujeitos atores e autores das suas vidas.
Deste modo, partindo dos contributos e das necessidades dos idosos o
projeto justifica a sua importância, designadamente pela realização de ações
que proporcionaram um maior número de atividades de acordo com as suas
expectativas e os seus interesses e que promoveram as relações interpessoais
propiciando momentos de convívio e de diálogo, fomentando o auto e o hétero
conhecimento, bem como o respeito mútuo entre os idosos.
De forma a sustentar a investigação e a intervenção, mobilizou-se
contributos teóricos ligados sobretudo à terceira idade, que se tornaram
essenciais na problematização, na reflexão e na ação. A concretização do
projeto permitiu ainda uma constante reflexão acerca do papel do Educador
Social junto da população idosa, bem como da pertinência da sua presença
neste âmbito de intervenção.
The current report presents the project carried out at Santa Marta Nursing Home, with the purpose of promoting active and successful aging, thus improving the quality of life of the elderly that attended the social programme promoted by the Adult Day Care Centre. The knowledge coconstructed with the elderly and with the staff of the institution allowed for the conception and development of the project “Don’t let us sleep…”. Since this project was created together with individuals, it favoured the assumptions of a participatory action research methodology. Considering this option and promoting the exploration and capitalization of endogenous resources and potentials, while also striving to mitigate or solve underlying problems and needs, one tried to transform the subjects into actors and authors of their own lives. Thus, based on the contributions and needs of the elderly, the project justifies its importance particularly by carrying out actions that provided for a greater number of activities according to their expectations and their interests, which promoted interpersonal relationships by fostering moments of socialization and dialogue, fostering the knowledge of the self and of others, as well as mutual respect among the elderly. As to support the research and the intervention, one mobilized theoretical contributions mainly connected to the elderly, which became essential for the problematization, the reflection and the action. The materialization of the project has also allowed for a constant reflection about the role of the Social Educator on the elderly population, as well as the pertinence of his/her presence in this scope of intervention.
The current report presents the project carried out at Santa Marta Nursing Home, with the purpose of promoting active and successful aging, thus improving the quality of life of the elderly that attended the social programme promoted by the Adult Day Care Centre. The knowledge coconstructed with the elderly and with the staff of the institution allowed for the conception and development of the project “Don’t let us sleep…”. Since this project was created together with individuals, it favoured the assumptions of a participatory action research methodology. Considering this option and promoting the exploration and capitalization of endogenous resources and potentials, while also striving to mitigate or solve underlying problems and needs, one tried to transform the subjects into actors and authors of their own lives. Thus, based on the contributions and needs of the elderly, the project justifies its importance particularly by carrying out actions that provided for a greater number of activities according to their expectations and their interests, which promoted interpersonal relationships by fostering moments of socialization and dialogue, fostering the knowledge of the self and of others, as well as mutual respect among the elderly. As to support the research and the intervention, one mobilized theoretical contributions mainly connected to the elderly, which became essential for the problematization, the reflection and the action. The materialization of the project has also allowed for a constant reflection about the role of the Social Educator on the elderly population, as well as the pertinence of his/her presence in this scope of intervention.
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Envelhecimento Aging Investigação-Ação participativa Participação Participatory action research Participation Adult Education
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Instituto Politécnico do Porto. Escola Superior de Educação