El proceso de adaptación del adulto mayor en casas de acogida : una problemática psicológica, institucional y de pares.

Abstract

This research was entitled: ‘’The process of adaptation of the elderly in foster homes: A psychological, institutional and peer problem’’, The importance of this issue was based on the alarming number of older adults who require psychological support, each with their own subjectivity and problems. The objective was to analyse the incidence of psychological accompaniment, institutional involvement and sensitized residents in the adaptation process of the elderly, non-institutionalized, in foster homes using the data obtained in the field research carried out in a shelter for older adults in the city of Guayaquil, to generate an academic reflection on the problem. The methods used were in a qualitative design to collect information through literature review and semi-structured interviews with professionals who interact first hand with this problem. This theoretical synthesis resulted in affirming that these factors do indeed affect the process of adaptation of older adults to foster homes, therefore, it is important to carry out a multidisciplinary vision of these phenomena.