Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T18:47:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sylvio Rogerio Ribeiro da Costa.pdf: 622072 bytes, checksum: 49e7e6b3d5cc1fbf84f251a3ff71542f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-04-25 / The routine at the Third Age University, an extension program offered in Campos dos Goytacazes, a town in the State of Rio de Janeiro, since its creation in 1994 has pointed this program to be a place mainly occupied by women. Aged man where are you? is the focus of our investigation. The interrogation soon emerged moving us to propose a research that has as central axis the articulation of the gender dimension with aging. Women see the groups for close association or third age universities as a way of social insertion that give an exceptional character to old age, different from men who usually when retired take refuge in home living or seeking bars or street corners because they see groups for close association as things appropriate for women or as a despised club and even as place for senile persons. Our objective is to portray a profile of the elderly former participants in the Third Age University, investigating the meanings aged men attribute to this stage of life and the possible consequences in their lives / O cotidiano da Universidade para a Terceira Idade UNITI, Projeto de Extensão localizado no município de Campos dos Goytacazes, interior do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, tem apontado para o fato de que, desde sua criação em 1994, este é um território ocupado prioritariamente por mulheres. Homem idoso... onde está você? constituiu-se em nosso foco de investigação. Esta é a indagação que logo surgiu, levando-nos a elaborar uma proposta de pesquisa, cujo eixo de análise encontra-se na articulação da dimensão de gênero ao envelhecimento. Para as mulheres, os grupos de convivência ou universidades para a terceira idade surgiram como forma de inserção social e propiciam um caráter excepcional à velhice, vivendo-a de forma diferente dos homens que, geralmente, ou refugiam-se no convívio doméstico ou ocupam bares e esquinas, em sua fase pós-aposentadoria, por acharem que grupos de convivências são coisas de mulheres ou clubes da Luluzinha e, até mesmo, lugar de velhos . Objetivamos traçar um perfil dos idosos do grupo de ex-alunos da UNITI, investigando os significados atribuídos à essa etapa da vida pelo homem idoso no processo de envelhecimento, e as possíveis implicações em suas vidas

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-01-10T11:25:05Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Enizete Edna de Paula Balbino.pdf: 897506 bytes, checksum: 10901ff851e3941879d7f221bf3823d3 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-10T11:25:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Enizete Edna de Paula Balbino.pdf: 897506 bytes, checksum: 10901ff851e3941879d7f221bf3823d3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-11-29 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This research at Masters level in gerontology aimed to: (i) to investigate and discuss the factors, motivators and not motivators for accession or not of the elderly to social practices in a context of sociability, the Activity Center for Senior Citizens Cativa in São José dos Campos (SP); (Ii) contribute to the knowledge for new practices, new procedures for planning and management which can be created and to prevent the removal of the elderly from this sociability ambience. It began with a discussion of some myths still present in society about aging, among them, the conjunction between old age and illness, physical and mental age-decay, old age, inactivity, age, loneliness, from the perspective that aging is not woven in a unique way, but in a very special and unique way, which requires recognizing old age, in its plurality, whose fact of longevity seems like a great contemporary challenge. Understanding old age in its complexity and heterogeneity includes problematize such socially terms as "old" and its variants. As methodological steps, the literature concerning the matter, supplemented with analysis and interpretation of the answers of respondents have been investigated. Interpretation of the results confirmed the multiple hypotheses proposed for accession and non-accession, factors that were evaluated promptly: (i) search of sociability; (ii) lack of affection; (iii) loneliness or problems of interpersonal nature or sociability; (iv) lack of a permanent socio-affective support; (v) the non-consideration of each senior performance differences on activities that required homogeneity or uniformity of actions; (vi) bond of friendship maintenance difficulties with partners; (vii) complicating factors in health status; (viii) nociceptive problems that prevented the current involvement of the elderly in activities; (ix) demand of intensive care and overlapping the time of practices. The effort has been to take into account, especially the knowledge to elaborate supportive staff of the institution, in response to the search for factors that have been worked on, could prevent the abandonment of the elderly from activities that are operated there / Esta pesquisa em nível de mestrado em Gerontologia teve como objetivos: (i) investigar e problematizar os fatores, motivadores e não motivadores à adesão, ou não, de idosos a práticas sociais em um determinado contexto de sociabilidade, o Centro de Atividades para a Terceira Idade Cativa, em São José dos Campos (SP); (ii) contribuir com os saberes apurados para que novas práticas, novos procedimentos de gestão e planejamento, possam ser criados e que impeçam o afastamento dos idosos de uma ambiência de sociabilidade. Iniciou-se com a discussão de alguns mitos ainda presentes na sociedade sobre a velhice, dentre eles, a conjunção entre velhice-doença, velhice-decadência físico-mental, velhice-inatividade, velhice-solidão, sob a perspectiva de que o envelhecimento não é tecido de forma única, mas de modo muito particular e singular, o que exige reconhecer a velhice, em sua pluralidade, cujo fato da longevidade se afigura como um grande desafio contemporâneo. Compreender a velhice em sua complexidade e heterogeneidade inclui problematizar o modo como circulam socialmente termos como “velho” e suas variantes. Como metodologia, foi investigada a literatura pertinente ao tema, complementada com análise e interpretação das respostas dos entrevistados. A interpretação dos resultados confirmou as hipóteses múltiplas propostas para adesão e não adesão, fatores que foram avaliados pontualmente: (i) busca de sociabilidade; (ii) carência afetiva; (iii) solidão ou problemas de natureza interpessoal ou de sociabilidade; (iv) falta de um permanente suporte sócio-afetivo; (v) a não-consideração das diferenças de performance de cada idoso diante de atividades que exigiam homogeneidade ou uniformidade de ações; (vi) dificuldades de manutenção de vínculo de amizade com os parceiros; (vii) complicadores no estado de saúde; (viii) problemas álgicos que impediam o envolvimento atual do idoso nas atividades; (ix) a demanda de cuidados de saúde intensivos e que se sobrepõem ao momento das práticas. O esforço foi em levar em conta os saberes elaborados especialmente à equipe sustentadora da instituição, como resposta à sua busca de fatores que, trabalhados, pudessem evitar o abandono pelos idosos das atividades ali operadas

O número de idosos no planeta jamais foi tão grande em toda a história da humanidade. Ao longo do século XX e no início do XXI, o aumento do contingente de idosos nas populações, suscitou o aparecimento de novas maneiras de encarar a velhice. Em face dessa nova realidade, pensar nos possíveis aportes, compreensões e intervenções que a Psicologia pode oferecer, se faz necessário. Tendo em vista a perspectiva de desenvolver novas abordagens quanto ao atendimento de idosos, o presente trabalho visa se aproximar da experiência do ser idoso na atualidade e contribuir com o tema da velhice. O presente estudo é uma pesquisa clínica, que utilizou metodologia de abordagem qualitativa, envolvendo o delineamento de pesquisa participante. Para sua operacionalização utilizamos uma modificação dos Ateliês Biográficos de Projeto de Delory Momberger, e fundamentados na teoria de Gilberto Safra, desenvolvemos nosso projeto com de treze idosos na Universidade aberta à Terceira Idade da Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo. Os Ateliês foram divididos em sete etapas, totalizando dezesseis encontros: a) os dois primeiros encontros tiveram caráter explicativo e elucidativo das atividades que foram desenvolvidas ao longo do processo, b) seis encontros destinados à produção da autobiografia, c) dois encontros para socialização da narrativa de vida (autobiografia), d) dois encontros destinados à troca de experiências, e) dois encontros para a elaboração do projeto de vida, f) um encontro para a socialização dos planos futuros (projeto de vida), g) um encontro de fechamento. A análise dos dados ocorreu a partir do material compartilhado durante os encontros, dos diários reflexivos e dos projetos de vida elaborados pelos participantes, além do diário de campo do pesquisador. Durante todo o processo de coleta de dados, e nas discussões utilizou-se a teoria de Gilberto Safra, que proporciona contribuições no processo de constituição do ser humano, na maneira singular de manifestação de cada ser, e nos manejos clínicos fundados na ética. Chegamos à conclusão de que os encontros fundamentados nos elementos constitutivos do ser humano: Sobornóst, hospitalidade, amizade, presença e encontro com o Outro e com o ethos, possibilitaram que os participantes compartilhassem a sua história, retomassem o sentido de si, recuperassem a confiança em suas ações, prosseguissem caminhando em direção ao futuro, desenvolvessem a vontade de contribuir com a humanidade, e o intuito de deixar registros de sua existência no mundo. Esse trabalho também permitiu identificar o sistema de desumanização presente atualmente, que gera graves consequências, como o sofrimento e o desalojamento humanos e as fraturas éticas / The number of elderly people on the planet has never been seen in the history of mankind. Throughout the twentieth century and early twenty-first , the increasing number of elderly in the population, caused the emergence of new ways to face old age. This new reality demands to think of the possible contributions, insights and interventions that psychology can offer. Glimpsing the development of new approaches to the care of elderly, this study aims to approach the experience of being old today and to contribute to the theme of old age . This study is a clinical trial that used qualitative methodology approach, involving the design of participative research. For its operationalization we used a modification of the Biographical Ateliers of Project from Delory Momberger, and the theory of Gilberto Safra. The project was accomplished with thirteen seniors from the Open University for Elderly of the School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities of the University of São Paulo. The workshops were divided into seven stages, totaling sixteen meetings: a) the first two meetings were explanatory and illustrative of the activities that were developed throughout the process, b ) six meetings for the production of autobiography, c ) two meetings of life narrative (autobiography) socialization, d ) two meetings for the exchange of experiences, e) two meetings to design a project of life, f ) one meeting for the socialization of future plans ( life project ), g ) closing meeting. Data analysis were based on what participants shared during the meetings, participant\'s reflective diary and developed projects of the future, and the researcher\'s field journal. The theory of Gilberto Safra were used at the process of data collection, and at the discussions, providing contributions at the human constitution process, the natural way of expression of each human being, and clinical management strategies based on ethics. We concluded, with this research, that the meetings based on the constituent elements of the human being: Sobórnost ,hospitality , friendship, presence and encounter with the Other and the ethos, enabled participants to share their history, to rebuild the sense of self, to recover the confidence in their actions, to walk ahead facing the future, to develop the will to contribute with humanity, and the intention of leaving records of their existence in the world. This work also allowed to identify the current system of dehumanization. This arrangement generates serious consequences such as displacement, human suffering and the ethical fractures

<p>Istraživanja o primeni molekularnog vodonika prilično su nova, međutim dosada&scaron;nja naučna otkrića smatraju molekularni vodonik za važan agens u biomedicini, a sa saznanjem o njegovoj biolo&scaron;koj raspoloživosti i terapeutskom potencijalu u poslednjih deset godina, primetan je porast upotrebe vodonika u preventivne i terapijske svrhe. Proces starenja često prate metabolički poremećaji, gojaznost, opadanje kvaliteta života i kognitivne funkcije. Molekularni vodonik (H2) efikasno re&scaron;ava poremećaje povezane s metaboličkim poremećajima i kognitivnim funkcionisanjem na primerima dosada&scaron;njih istraživanja. U cilju procene efekata primene molekularnog vodonika na telesnu kompoziciju, metabolički profil i kvalitet života kod odraslih starijih žena, sprovedena su dva eksperimenta. U prvom eksperimentalnom postupku ispitivani su efekti primene putem oralnog uno&scaron;enja rastvora vode obogaćene molekularnim vodonikom (HRW) u trajanju od 28 dana. Prvo eksperimentalno istraživanje sprovedeno je na uzorku ispitanica ženskog pola srednjeg starosnog doba i prekomerne telesne težine (n = 10), koje su nasumice uzimale vodu obogaćenu molekularnim vodonikom i placebo. Analizirani su efekti primene HRW na indikatore telesne kompozicije, hormonalnog statusa, mitohondrijalne funkcije, kvalitet života, navike u ishrani, nivou fizičke aktivnosti, te kardiorespiratornim sposobnostima. Nakon primenjenog tretmana HRW do&scaron;lo je do statistički značajnih promena između posmatranih grupa ispitanica i smanjenja procenta telesnih masti i indeksa masti nadlaktice u korist grupe koja je uzimala H2 (P &lt; 0,05). Nakon primenjenog tretmana HRW do&scaron;lo je do statistički značajnog smanjenja u vrednostima triglicerida u serumu kod ispitanica H2 grupe u poređenju s placebo grupom (21,3% vs. 6,5%; P = 0,04), dok su ostali lipidi krvi ostali stabilni tokom ove studije (P &gt; 0,05). Nivoi serumskog insulina smanjeni su za 5,4%, dok je placebo intervencija uvećala odgovor insulina za 29,3% (P = 0,01). Do&scaron;lo je do statistički značajnih efekata kod H2 grupe u odnosu na placebo grupu u vrednostima maksimalne potro&scaron;nje kiseonika VO2 max (P &le; 0,03), ukupnog izvr&scaron;enog rada prilikom testiranja (P = 0,01), te ukupnog vremena trajanja testa opterećenja (P &le; 0,02). Na osnovu ovog istraživanja može se pretpostaviti da H2 može pozitivno uticati na telesnu strukturu i insulinsku rezistenciju i unapređenje kardiorespiratornih sposobnosti kod žena srednje starosne dobi, prekomerne telesne težine. Drugi eksperimentalni postupak odnosio se na primenu molekularnog vodonika H2 putem inhalacije svaki dan, po 15 minuta u trajanju od 28 dana. Analizirani su efekti primene H2 na telesnu kompoziciju, kognitivne performanse i kvalitet života povezan sa zdravljem žena (n = 13) starijeg starosnog doba. Inhalacija je sprovedena upotrebom inhalatora koji generi&scaron;e 4% H2. Kognitivna funkcija učesnica ocenjena je pomoću kognitivne skale MMSE i skale za procenu Alchajmerove bolesti (ADAS-Cog). Na osnovu dobijenih rezultata nakon intervencije H2 do&scaron;lo je do statistički značajnog povećanja ukupnih rezultata u vrednostima upitnika MMSE (za 13,7%; P &lt; 0,01). Osim toga, primetno je statistički značajno pobolj&scaron;anje vrednosti ADAS-Cog nakon inhalacije H2, s boljim performansama na testu za prisećanje reči (P &lt; 0,01) i pobolj&scaron;anju u testu prepoznavanja reči (P = 0,01). Dobijeni rezultati oba eksperimenta pokazuju da bi H2 mogao biti efikasan biomedicinski agens za upravljanje složenim stanjima nastalih starenjem, usled metaboličkih i kognitivnih poremaćaja, a u cilju unapređenja kvaliteta života.</p> / <p>Research conducted on molecular hydrogen application are rather new, however the latest scientific discoveries consider molecular hydrogen as a significant agent in biomedicine. Owing to the knowledge on its biological availability and terapeutic potential acquired during the last ten years, an increase in the application of molecular hydrogen (H2) for preventive and terapeutic reasons has been noticed. Aging process is most often accompanied by metabolic disorders, obesity, decline in the quality of life and cognitive functions. Molecular hydrogen (H2) is an efficient means for treating disorders related to metabolic disorders and cognitive functioning in compliance with research conducted so far. In order to assess the effects of molecular hydrogen application on body composition, metabolic profile and quality of life in adult elder women, two experiments were carried out. Within the first procedure, the effects of its application via oral consumption of hydrogen-rich water solution (HRW) were tested during 28 days. The first experimental research was conducted on the sample of middle-aged overweighted women (n = 10), who randomly consumed hydrogen-rich water and placebo. The effects of HRW application at indicators of body composition, hormonal status, mitochondrial functions, quality of life, eating habits, level of physical activity and cardiorespiratory capacities were analized. The treatment with HRW brought about statistically significant changes in female subjects as well as body fat percentage and upper-arm fat index reduction in women consuming H2 (P &lt; 0.05). The treatment with HRW also resulted in statistically significant reduction of triglyceride values in serum of women consuming H2 in comparison to the placebo group (21.3% vs. 6,5%; P = 0.04), while other blood lipids remained stable during this study (P &gt; 0.05). Levels of serum insulin were decreased to 5.4%, while placebo intervention increased the insulin level up to 29.3% (P = 0.01). This also resulted in statistically significant effects in H2 group in comparison to the placebo group when values of maximal oxygen consumption VO2 max (P &le; 0.03), total performance during testing (P = 0.01), and total duration of physical endurance test (P &le; 0.02) are concerned. On the grounds of this research, it might be assumed that H2 can have a positive impact on body structure and insulin resistance, as well as improvement of cardiorespiratory capacities in middle-aged overweighted women. The second experimental procedure referred to the application of molecular hydrogen H2 via inhalation on daily basis, 15 minutes per day over 28 days. The effects of molecular hydrogen application on body composition, cognitive performance and quality of life connected with health of elder women (n = 13) were analized. Inhalation was performed by using inhalator generating 4% of H2. The cognitive function of participants was graded by applying the cognitive MMSE scale, as well as the scale for Alzheimer&#39;s Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS-Cog). On the basis of results obtained&nbsp; upon H2 intervention, a statistically significant increase in total results referring to the values of MMSE test (up to 13.7%; P &lt; 0.01) was recorded. Apart from this, a significant improvement of ADAS-Cog values after H2 inhalation was observed, having better performances when testing word recall (P &lt; 0.01) and word recognition (P = 0.01). The findings of both experiments indicate that H2 might be an efficient biomedical agent for managing complex states caused by aging due to metabolic and cognitive disorders, when aiming at improving quality of life.</p>

I orkestermiljön blir det livslånga lärandet konkretiserat då varje arbetsvecka innebär instudering av ett nytt konsertprogram med därpå följande konsert. Syftet med denna studie var att beskriva individuella instuderingsstrategier liksom det kollektiva, samtidiga, musikaliska lärandet hos erfarna orkestermusiker i ”den tredje åldern”; mellan 50 och 65 år. Sju orkestermusiker intervjuades. Alla respondenterna berättade om glädjen i att vara en del av det musikaliska sammanhanget. Det framkom att vissa arbetsmetoder förändrats över tid som ett resultat av erfarenhet, men också till följd av kroppsligt och mentalt slitage. Berättelserna klargjorde svårigheten att verbalt beskriva inlärningsprocessen liksom att särskilja ett individuellt lärande från ett kollektivt lärande. Individen är en del av kontextens ständigt ackumulerande kunskapstradition. Med hjälp av ett kulturpsykologiskt och ett sociokulturellt perspektiv som uppsatsens teoretiska ansats kunde den väv av interaktioner, samspel och lärande som pågår i den specifika kontexten tydliggöras. Studien innehöll även frågor om hur orkestermusikerna önskade upprätthålla bästa möjliga spelkondition under hela yrkeslivet. Respondenternas berättelser visade hur tankar om kollektivets utveckling helt dominerar över tankar om individens eget kompetensbevarande. Ett viktigt bidrag med denna uppsats blir därför att väcka diskussion om en plan för ”restaurering” av orkestermusiker i ”den tredje åldern”. / In the environment of the orchestra life-long learning is concretized when each working week means the study of a new concert program and the following concert. The purpose of this paper is to describe individual strategies for study as well as the collective, simultaneous, musical learning by experienced orchestra musicians in “the third age”; those between 50 and 65 years. Seven interviews with orchestra musicians were held. All respondents told about the joy of being part of the musical context. It was obvious that some working methods had changed over time as a result of experience, but also because of physical and mental wear. The narratives made clear the difficulty to verbally explain the learning process, and to differentiate between individual and collective learning. The individual is part of a process of a perpetually accumulating tradition of knowledge. Using a culture-psychological and a socio-cultural perspective as the theoretical approach of the paper, the web of interactions, ensemble, and learning which occurs in the specific context could be made visible. The study also included questions about how orchestra musicians tried to maintain the best possible competence during their entire careers. The respondents ́ stories clarified how thoughts about the development of the collective dominate over thoughts about maintaining the competence of the individual. An important contribution of this study is therefore to initiate a discussion about a plan for “restoring” orchestra musicians in “the third age”.

The overall purpose of this master essay is to investigate whether there is an interest among people near retirement to contribute with their knowledge and experience after they reach the defined retirement age. Furthermore, I would like to investigate if they want to continue with their old jobs, full time/part time or to do something else, which is beneficial to the society. I also want to find out how the older people view themselves to continuing to work. Also which types of social and structural barriers that might exist for them and why. The aim is also to investigate what types of knowledge and experience they believe could be used in the future community. For that purpose I have structured interview questions and conducted eight individual interviews. Below is a brief summary of the main results. The study shows that there is a general interest in working after retirement. Most people prefer to work only part-time. Participation and influence is meaningful to the individuals. It is seen as having a positive impact on individuals, groups and societal perspectives. At the individual level, the relationship between the possibility to choose both type of work and working hours and the desire to continue working, is very strong. The choice contributes to the feeling that life is meaningful. That proved to be of great motivation to participate in the working life. The study shows the importance of paying attention to flexible working hours adapted at individual level. The results also show that the elderly are often pictured as competent, knowledgeable and skilled people, which resources can be utilized in the society. It also appeared that older people are carriers of knowledge and experiences, which can be taken care of and transferred on to the younger generations instead of being lost. The study pointed out that there is manual work situations particularly risky for older people. It also revealed negative factors such as competition for the jobs between younger and older people, which can create an opinion in society against letting older people work. The results also indicate that the mixture of older and younger people creates a knowledge and experience transfer which creates new approaches to working tasks. It also emerged a number of factors that influence an individual's choice to attend to work; Important to take an individual approach, assess the participant’s interests and abilities for the particular job, his desired working hours and the need of upgrading or retraining.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Miami University, Dept. of Sociology and Gerontology, 2009. / Title from second page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-156).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Miami University, Dept. of Sociology and Gerontology, 2009. / Title from second page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-156).

The demographic transition experienced, principally, by emerging countries has resulted in changes in the age and population structure. In this sense, it is perceived that the countryside is undergoing complex changes, because often the elderly remain alone, without the support of children and families. Thus, the elderly had developed ways to take care of themselves, which those need to be studied by nursing area. This study research the question: "How is the self-care of elderly participants of the third age groups in the rural areas?" and objectively describe the self-care of elderly participants of third age groups of rural areas. It is characterized as a qualitative study, exploratory and descriptive approach that uses the narrative interview as a technique for assemblage of data. The subjects of the study are ten elderly people living in rural areas from a municipality located in the northwest in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, which participate in activities group in rural areas. However, the date have been collected on the period between April and December of 2014. The elderly were invited to participate to this study, and when the agreement to participate was scheduled day, place and time for assemblage of data as the availability and choice of the elderly. All interviews were recorded and transcribed had their content in full. The elderly received the term of informed consent, and respected all research recommendations with humans. The letter E and a number coded the subjects in order to ensure the patient's confidentiality. The interviews were subjected to thematic content analysis of the operative protocol. The results of the study are presented in the form of a scientific paper, which aims to describe self-care of the rural elderly who take part in the third age group. It was possible to create four analysis categories: recognize and take responsibility for their care; as I take care of me when I am sick; with whom I can tell when I am sick; and the group of elderly and care for oneself. It is understood that this study allows for support of nursing care, as the understanding of self-care of the rural elderly allows nursing, based on scientific knowledge, create media that enable them to maximize the quality of life for seniors. / A transição demográfica vivenciada, principalmente, pelos países em desenvolvimento tem acarretado mudanças na estrutura etária e populacional. Neste sentido, percebe-se que a área rural vem sofrendo alterações mais complexas, pois muitas vezes os idosos permanecem sozinhos, sem o apoio de filhos e familiares. Assim, os idosos têm desenvolvido maneiras para cuidar de si, que necessitam ser estudadas pela enfermagem. Este estudo tem por questão de pesquisa: Como é o cuidado de si de idosos participantes de grupos de terceira idade do meio rural? e objetiva descrever o cuidado de si de idosos participantes de grupos de terceira idade do meio rural. Caracteriza-se como um estudo de abordagem qualitativa, descritiva e exploratória que utiliza a entrevista narrativa como técnica para a coleta dos dados. Constituem os participantes do estudo dez idosos residentes no meio rural de um município localizado no noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, que participam de atividades grupais no meio rural. Os dados foram coletados no período compreendido entre abril e dezembro de 2014. Os idosos foram convidados a participar do estudo, e quando da anuência em participar, foi agendado dia, local e horário para a coleta dos dados conforme a disponibilidade e escolha do idoso. Todas as entrevistas foram gravadas e tiveram seu conteúdo transcrito na íntegra. Os idosos receberam o termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido, sendo respeitadas todas as recomendações de pesquisas com seres humanos. Os participantes foram codificados pela letra E seguido de um número, a fim de garantir o anonimato do sujeito. As entrevistas foram submetidas a análise de conteúdo temática da proposta operativa. Os resultados do estudo estão apresentados na forma de um artigo científico, que objetiva descrever o cuidado de si de idosos que residem no meio rural. No artigo são apresentadas quatro categorias de análise: reconhecer e assumir a responsabilidade pelo seu cuidado; como eu me cuido quando estou doente; com quem eu posso contar quando estou doente; e, o grupo de terceira idade e o cuidado de si. Entende-se que este estudo permite fundamentar o cuidado de enfermagem, visto que a compreensão do cuidado de si de idosos do meio rural permite que a enfermagem, pautada em conhecimentos científicos, crie meios que possibilitem maximizar a qualidade de vida dos idosos.

The diploma thesis deals with care for seniors in accommodation facilities and catering establishments of tourism. It clarifies concepts such as perception of seniors, seniors and their lifestyle, seniors as a market segment, their requirements for standard tourism services and tourism trends of seniors. For the research itself, 7 hotels in the Czech Republic with food service were selected. For the supply-side research, a managed interview method was used. For the research on the demand side, the questionnaire survey method was used.