A população em todo o mundo vem envelhecendo rapidamente, fato que desafia a sociedade a pensar estratégias atraentes de orientação para a manutenção da qualidade de vida dos idosos. Por outro lado, há uma expansão e popularização nas tecnologias disponíveis no mercado como computadores, tablets, smartphones, smart TVs, etc., ou seja, diferentes dispositivos exibidores de conteúdo Web. Neste contexto, a aplicação Envelhecimento Ativo TV (EATV) oferece recursos para que os idosos assumam o controle na manutenção de sua qualidade de vida durante o envelhecimento, e está baseada nos relatórios sobre o envelhecimento ativo da OMS, na gerontologia educacional e nas orientações para a construção de aplicações para o idoso. Seu conteúdo consiste de informações sobre o envelhecimento ativo e saudável, para isso são empregados vídeos informativos sobre os determinantes comportamentais propostos pela OMS. São também fornecidas informações sobre acesso a grupos de convivência e a páginas de interesse da terceira idade. A EATV foi validada utilizando uma abordagem quali-quantitativa em uma amostra constituída de 12 sujeitos idosos durante um período de quatro meses. Durante a coleta de dados, foram utilizados questionários reconhecidos em suas respectivas áreas disponibilizados na EATV, as ferramentas Diário de Bordo, Fórum, ambos do AVA ROODA e entrevistas individuais semipadronizadas. A EATV está em consonância com a educação em saúde, pois apoia combinações de experiências de aprendizagem que facilitem (predisponham, possibilitem e reforcem) medidas comportamentais adotadas por uma pessoa, grupo ou comunidade para alcançar um efeito benéfico e intencional sobre a própria saúde. Assim, como contribuição, pode-se citar o desenvolvimento de uma aplicação planejada para o contexto da t-learning (EATV) e um curso (Qualidade de Vida) que a utilizou para promover o envelhecimento ativo e incentivar os comportamentos saudáveis sugeridos para um envelhecer mantendo a qualidade de vida. / The population all around the world is growing old quickly, a fact which challenges society to think attractive strategies to guide seniors to the quality of life. On the other hand there is an expansion and popularization of technologies available on market like computers, tablets, smart phones, smart televisions, etc., which means, different devices that exhibit Web content. In this context, the application Active Aging TV (EATV) offers resources for seniors to take control in maintaining their quality of life during aging process, and it is based on reports about active aging by WHO, and in the educational gerontology and in the guidelines for designing applications to the elderly. Its content consists of information on active and healthy aging, for this purpose, informative videos are employed based on the behavioral determinants proposed by WHO. EATV also provides access to information about support groups, and pages of interest to seniors. EATV was validated using a qualitative and quantitative approach in a sample of 12 elderly subjects over a period of four months. During the data collection we used questionnaires recognized in their respective fields and they were available in EATV; both Journal and Forum tools of Brazilian LMS ROODA, and individual semi structured interviews. EATV is in line with health education, which supports combinations of learning experiences that facilitate (predispose, enable and reinforce) behavioral measures taken by a person, group or community to achieve a purposeful and beneficial effect on their own health. Thus, as a contribution, we can mention the development of an application planned for the context of t-learning (EATV) and a course (Quality of Life) who used it to promote active aging and encouraging healthy behaviors suggested to grow old maintaining the quality of life.

A população em todo o mundo vem envelhecendo rapidamente, fato que desafia a sociedade a pensar estratégias atraentes de orientação para a manutenção da qualidade de vida dos idosos. Por outro lado, há uma expansão e popularização nas tecnologias disponíveis no mercado como computadores, tablets, smartphones, smart TVs, etc., ou seja, diferentes dispositivos exibidores de conteúdo Web. Neste contexto, a aplicação Envelhecimento Ativo TV (EATV) oferece recursos para que os idosos assumam o controle na manutenção de sua qualidade de vida durante o envelhecimento, e está baseada nos relatórios sobre o envelhecimento ativo da OMS, na gerontologia educacional e nas orientações para a construção de aplicações para o idoso. Seu conteúdo consiste de informações sobre o envelhecimento ativo e saudável, para isso são empregados vídeos informativos sobre os determinantes comportamentais propostos pela OMS. São também fornecidas informações sobre acesso a grupos de convivência e a páginas de interesse da terceira idade. A EATV foi validada utilizando uma abordagem quali-quantitativa em uma amostra constituída de 12 sujeitos idosos durante um período de quatro meses. Durante a coleta de dados, foram utilizados questionários reconhecidos em suas respectivas áreas disponibilizados na EATV, as ferramentas Diário de Bordo, Fórum, ambos do AVA ROODA e entrevistas individuais semipadronizadas. A EATV está em consonância com a educação em saúde, pois apoia combinações de experiências de aprendizagem que facilitem (predisponham, possibilitem e reforcem) medidas comportamentais adotadas por uma pessoa, grupo ou comunidade para alcançar um efeito benéfico e intencional sobre a própria saúde. Assim, como contribuição, pode-se citar o desenvolvimento de uma aplicação planejada para o contexto da t-learning (EATV) e um curso (Qualidade de Vida) que a utilizou para promover o envelhecimento ativo e incentivar os comportamentos saudáveis sugeridos para um envelhecer mantendo a qualidade de vida. / The population all around the world is growing old quickly, a fact which challenges society to think attractive strategies to guide seniors to the quality of life. On the other hand there is an expansion and popularization of technologies available on market like computers, tablets, smart phones, smart televisions, etc., which means, different devices that exhibit Web content. In this context, the application Active Aging TV (EATV) offers resources for seniors to take control in maintaining their quality of life during aging process, and it is based on reports about active aging by WHO, and in the educational gerontology and in the guidelines for designing applications to the elderly. Its content consists of information on active and healthy aging, for this purpose, informative videos are employed based on the behavioral determinants proposed by WHO. EATV also provides access to information about support groups, and pages of interest to seniors. EATV was validated using a qualitative and quantitative approach in a sample of 12 elderly subjects over a period of four months. During the data collection we used questionnaires recognized in their respective fields and they were available in EATV; both Journal and Forum tools of Brazilian LMS ROODA, and individual semi structured interviews. EATV is in line with health education, which supports combinations of learning experiences that facilitate (predispose, enable and reinforce) behavioral measures taken by a person, group or community to achieve a purposeful and beneficial effect on their own health. Thus, as a contribution, we can mention the development of an application planned for the context of t-learning (EATV) and a course (Quality of Life) who used it to promote active aging and encouraging healthy behaviors suggested to grow old maintaining the quality of life.

Com o aumento da população idosa nas últimas décadas e a popularização dos serviços de saúde em domicílio (homecare), observou-se a necessidade de criação de tecnologias que facilitassem o acesso destes serviços para usuários idosos. Segundo a Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS), boa parte dos cuidados que os indivíduos necessitam pode ser proporcionada por eles mesmos, ou seja, seu envolvimento e sua educação no processo de tomada de decisão resulta em melhora das condições de saúde e aumento da sua qualidade de vida. Com base nisso, este estudo tem por objetivo investigar como um sistema de gerenciamento em saúde pode ser utilizado para promover algumas mudanças de hábitos do idoso quanto aos cuidados com sua saúde e visa responder que mudanças de comportamento relativas à qualidade de vida podem ser promovidas por uma tecnologia desse tipo. Para tanto, serão apresentadas informações relacionadas às doenças crônicas, principalmente no que dizem respeito à hipertensão arterial, diabetes mellitus e obesidade. Além disso, serão abordados aspectos relacionados aos tipos de velhice, perfil epidemiológico do idoso no mundo contemporâneo, direito dos idosos, o “ser idoso” na sociedade e a educação dos idosos. Importante salientar que a fundamentação teórica baseou-se em autores como Jacques Delors, Jack Mezirow, Vitoria Kachar e Paulo Freire, entre outros. Para realizar esta pesquisa, foi desenvolvido e utilizado um sistema de gerenciamento e educação denominado i-Care, sendo que a abordagem de pesquisa utilizada foi quali-quantitativa. A amostra, por conveniência, incluiu 5 idosos com idades entre 60 e 85 anos que obtiveram resultados satisfatórios tanto em relação aos aspectos mais subjetivos, bem como aos parâmetros funcionais de idosos portadores de doença crônica. / With the increase of elderly population in the last decades and the popularization of homecare health services, new technologies were created to increase the use of these services for elderly people. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), much of the care that individuals need can be provided by themselves, i.e., their involvement and conscientiousness in the decision-making process results in improvement in health and increase in quality of life. Based on that, this study aims to investigate how a health management system can be used to promote some habit changes in elderly regarding their health and aims to answer which behavior changes related to the quality of life can be promoted by such technology. In order to accomplish that, we present some information related to chronic diseases, especially hypertension, diabetes mellitus and obesity. Besides, we address aspects related to elderly types, profiles of elderly epidemiology worldwide, elderly rights, the "elderly being" in society and the elderly education. Important to note that the theoretical foundation was based on authors such as Jacques Delors, Jack Mezirow, Vitoria Kachar and Paulo Freire, among others. To conduct this research, we developed and used a health monitoring and education system called i-Care. The research approach was qualitative and quantitative. The sample, chosen by convenience, included five seniors aged 60 to 85 years who achieved satisfactory results both in relation to the subjective aspects of the research as well as the objective parameters monitored in the patients.

Active aging is a frequently discussed issue in recent years due to the demographic aging of the population. The aim of this thesis is to map the development of the concept of active aging from its origin to the present (2000-2016). To meet the objectives there were done expert interviews and analysis of strategic documents and national action plans issued in a defined period. This thesis focuses on the development of the concept of active aging, specifically in the areas of education, employment, healthy aging and personal development. It turns out that the most important area of active aging is education that significantly affects other areas such as interest activities, longer working lives, engaging in social and cultural activities. Implementation of the concept of active aging takes place at several levels, at social level, at an individual level, or interconnection of these levels (multidimensional concept). The work is therefore focused on examining whether the concept of active aging in the Czech Republic is perceived rather as a tool for improving the quality of life of the senior, or whether it can be used as a tool to mitigate the effects of demographic aging. The work also shows that the development of active aging also affects how seniors are perceived in society (among other things)....

The thesis discusses the training of cognitive functions and physical exercise in the elderly population. It concerns the issue of active ageing, which is a very topical one. The theoretical part describes the findings and results of the latest studies mainly in seniors of good cognitive health. The practical part presents the research in how the seniors of good cognitive health respond to the combination of cognitive training, in other words memory training, and physical exercise. Keywords: ageing, active ageing, cognitive function training, memory training, physical exercise

Population ageing is one of humanity’s greatest triumphs that in the same time raise a lot of complex economic and social problems in all countries in 21 century because of necessity of warranting equal rights, increasing physical and functional health, social participation, independency and well being for elderly people. World Health Organization (WHO) suggests the actualization of active aging policy approach and encourages research for solving the problems. The social problem in Lithuania, the considerable increasing amount of elderly willing to be institutionalized and resigning their autonomy and independent living, raise important sociological problem, whether the active ageing policy (AAP) system is functioning in Lithuania. Our research was designed for analysis of that problem. The subject-matter of investigation is a social system of AAP in Lithuania. Hypothetical approach enables us predicate, that the system is not working on national level, and otherwise the problems of institutionalization of elderly should not bee so significant. The main goal of the present study is to traverse the functioning of national AAP social system and reveal interconnections amongst the basic structural elements of the system on the grounds of the ideas of structural functionalism. The basic tasks for realization of the goal: 1) To evaluate the conformity of the cultural model of national AAP social system with the ideological WHO recommendations in the field; 2) To analyze the... [to full text]

The thesis' theoretical part focuses on resource research on topics: education of seniors, volunteering, communities, societies and library. In the practical part of this thesis, we focus on description of not-only educational work of Municipal library in Louny and the analysis of senior's attendance in culture using a custom survey. The survey was focused on middle-aged and older inhabitants in the town Louny, and developed, evaluated and collected by the author of this thesis. In the last part, we can find description of the collected data. Here it analytically evaluates and compares information about the socio-cultural activities in Louny, and offers the next step of development for management of the library.

In my thesis, I deal with active ageing as a concept that is reflected in social policies. Active ageing presents activity as a key to satisfaction in older age and directs ageing population towards bigger independence and care about their health. I conducted my research in a chosen cultural and educational senior center in Prague. My main interest was how active ageing as an idea was transformed into social practice and how the activity was emphasized in the senior center and amongst its clients. The success of active ageing relates to culturally specific values as independence, activity, health, and self-realization (Lamb, 2020). Activity became a base for the hierarchization of activities, as well as people. The senior center which deals with the idea of active ageing is a safe space for its clients where activity represents a new social capital. However, this social capital has its limits as the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed. Keywords: active ageing, activity, social capital, vulnerability, senior center, neoliberalism

The diploma thesis "How active seniors cope with stereotyping" presents the view of active senior citizens on the issue of ageism in Czech society. Research based on analysis of semi-structured interviews shows that active seniors do not consider inequality as a major problem, mainly because of their life optimism, which helps them overcome the stereotypes. Another important strategy the respondents - active seniors - apply is building/keeping a distance between themselves and the rest of the senior population, upon which they look the same way as the rest of Czech society does. The idea that they themselves do not match the prejudices, but the other seniors do, reinforces the stereotypical view of older people and also presents the active seniors as exceptional. The veneration of an active lifestyle in old age does not seem to be a direct effect of active aging trend, as all respondents had been very active throughout their whole life. Although active seniors present themselves as open to society, they prefer to spend their free time with other (active) people of their own age. Despite the rhetoric of assertiveness they are often passive, when confronted with discrimination, and try to sidestep an anticipated unpleasant situation.

The main topics of this master's thesis are active ageing and volunteering of seniors in the Czech Republic. The text considers volunteering of seniors as a form of active ageing. The aim of this thesis is to look closely at volunteering of seniors, how they become volunteers, and find out how volunteering affects their quality of life. Using the method of qualitative research and biographical interview, as a form of data collection, 7 respondents were examined. The result of the research has shown that volunteering has a positive effect on the quality of life of seniors. Improving the quality of life is reflected in the fact that seniors take fewer medicines and they are in a better mental condition. Because of new relationships and experiences, they feel more socially included and happy. Moreover, it is shown that seniors likely to choose work with children as a volunteer activity. In addition, the research has shown that theory of continuity and theory of compensation are approximately equally represented as a theory of the beginning of volunteering. Key words Active ageing, volunteer, senior volunteering, quality of life, senior, ageing, age.