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Elderly people: an experience of social support network from a life center in the municipality of Tunja (Boyacá, Colombia)
(Universidad del Norte, 2024) Monsalve Jaramillo, Eliana; Goyeneche Ortegón, Ruth Liliana
Aging is a human process with multidimensional characteristics, influenced by society via social representations based on discourses and practices, at the cultural level, around it. Because of this, changes regarding old age and aging can be reached, which will lead to new social and cultural precepts, justifying a growing interest towards the resources derived from the social bonds of individuals, as well as the existing relationship between people’s interpersonal connections. To determine the experience of the elderly people of a Centro de Vida in the city of Tunja, Boyacá on social support networks, A qualitative research project with phenomenological approach was undertaken, the experiences related to instrumental, functional, and contextual social support networks were described; in-depth interviews and focus group were applied. It was observed that the social support networks allowed for finding the points of union in terms of the relevance of the Centro de Vida for the elderly. The experiences of the elderly regarding the social support networks were reconfigured and reworked in their own concept of the meaning of the social support network, and it was possible to determine that these are of importance at this stage of the life cycle.