Relaciones del adulto mayor en estado de abandono con su entorno familiar

Abstract

This paper 's main objective is to intervene and prevent the neglect and abuse of the elderly by family members, focusing mainly on the biological changes and ways of how can the family help the elderly to keep them in a healthy life; for instance changes that affect the daily lives of the long-lived and simultaneously affects family members, these changes can be seen as a nuisance in family life, due to poor information and prevention of the changes that are generated in old age. Family members have chosen to evade the care of the elderly, sending them to shelters or leaving them home alone, due to that the possibility of designing intervention workshops for health care and prevention of neglect and abuse to longevity is established; thus strengthening the wellbeing of the family, improve bonding and increase self-esteem for the elderly to opt for new activities and skills that are being lost due to lack of information and stereotypes of society.