Abstract

ROBLEDO MARIN, Carlos Arturo  and  OREJUELA, Johnny Javier. Old Age and Being an Elderly Person: An Approach to the State of the art of the Question. Divers.: Perspect. Psicol. [online]. 2020, vol.16, n.1, pp.93-112.  Epub Jan 01, 2020. ISSN 1794-9998.  https://doi.org/10.15332/22563067.5543.

The following article presents an approach to the current state of research related to old age and being an elderly person. To this end, a broad set of references were systematically reviewed to account for the most outstanding aspects, namely: the general purpose of the study, conceptual references, types of design, types of study, participating subjects, techniques for collecting information, results, conclusions, and recommendations. Subsequently, the existing university education in Colombia for the years 2008-2018 was analyzed: that is, Undergraduate, Specialization, Masters and Doctorate degree programs, as well as and the written production in books. Additionally, the analysis covered the academic events held during the years 2014-2018, which allow to account for the current status of studies on old age and being an elderly person from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Keywords : old age; elderly; elders; aging.

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