Abstract

SARASTY-ALMEIDA, Saira Alexandra; GONZALEZ-GOMEZ, María Patricia  and  VELASCO-CHARFUELAN, Iván Dario. Social support network from the intergenerational encounter. Univ. Salud [online]. 2014, vol.16, n.1, pp.20-32. ISSN 0124-7107.

This article arises from research called Social Support Network from intergenerational meeting, which it overall objective was to develop intergenerational encounters between institutionalized seniors and boys / girls aged 4 and 6 years of kindergartens from San Juan de Pasto, in order to strengthen the social safety net. The social support network was conformed by 20 institutionalized elderly in a nursing home, 33 kindergartens children aged 3 in the city of Pasto, 7 teachers and 2 principals; 12 accompanying children, corresponding to parents, siblings and grandparents, 3 nuns of the Franciscan congregation, a practitioner of psychology at the University of Nariño, the gerontologist and social worker from the eldership, through the development of intergenerational encounters. The research was conducted under the qualitative paradigm from action research to facilitate from an educational space linkages, adopting roles and the formation of a network of mutual support. The changes included since the implementation of checklists, semistructured interviews and participant observation, it is possible to realize the formation of this network from a screening room for empathy, motivation and change in the social imaginary. This research was spent in the formation of intergenerational networks, from the co - responsibility with the other.

Keywords : Social support; elderly; preschool; intergenerational relationships; educational support.

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