Active aging as a promoter of social exchange in old age

Abstract

We live in a society that little value older adults because it has the erroneous belief that they are isolated, sick and sedentary people, not useful to society. For this reason, a group of older adults is approached with the purpose of knowing from their experience, how they experience their active old age being promoters of social exchange and the benefits it brings for the older adult. The methodology was a case study applying instruments such as: the Lawton and Brody scale, Lobo's mini- cognitive test, the Gijón socio-family assessment scale and an interview divided into two sections. The results show that maintaining an active old age promotes social exchange and maintains the functionality to carry out activities inside and outside the home. It is recommended to promote and enrich the knowledge about active aging to the elderly population and the aging population.