Relación familiar y bienestar emocional. Estudio con adultos mayores de una unidad de atención de la comunidad Shumiral.

Abstract

Older adults, as part of the groups that require priority care, need the supervision of their family members or a primary caregiver due to their increasing dependency caused by the decline in their abilities and skills. Older adults also make the decision to enroll in programs aimed at them that benefit their well-being, since in their homes they usually perceive a context of abandonment by the members that make up their family group. In the present study, we worked under a mixed approach, applying a semi-structured interview and a survey to a sample of older adults from the Shumiral community as data collection techniques. In relation to the main results of this study, the following was known: That both data indicate the existence of good relationships with family members, which contributes to good emotional well-being.