Bolivia: Hacia Una Sociedad Amigable Con Los Adultos Mayores
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El objeto de este artículo es analizar los diferentes modelos que hacen referencia al establecimiento de ciudades amigables con las personas adultas mayores, realizando una aproximación al concepto de sociedad amigable con las personas mayores y que, de alguna manera incidan en la mejora de calidad de vida de las mismas. De acuerdo a la revisión bibliográfica se definieron aquellos modelos con mayor reconocimiento y desarrollo a nivel mundial los que se hizo un análisis cualitativo de los mismos, contextualizando el proceso de envejecimiento y urbanización mediante información censal y proyecciones poblacionales, conceptualizando el envejecimiento y envejecimiento activo, pasando al análisis de frecuencia de palabras de los modelos que hacen referencia a las ciudades amigables con las personas adultas mayores, entre las que se encontró varias de ellas que se centran en aspecto únicamente de salud. Existe un modelo desarrollado por la OMS denominado Age-friendly cities centrado en el envejecimiento activo, el que cuenta con una mayor difusión y que puede ser un modelo a ser analizado con mayor profundidad para su aplicación en el caso boliviano.
The objective of this article is to analyze the different models that refer to the establishment of cities that are friendly to older adults, making an approxima-tion to the concept of an age-friendly society and, in some way, influence their quality of life. According to the bibliographical review, models with the greatest recognition and development at the world level were selected for a qualitative analysis, contextualizing the aging process and urbanization through census infor-mation and population projections, conceptualizing the aging and active aging. The analysis of word frequency of the age-friendly models found that several of them focus only on health aspect. There is a model developed by the WHO called Age-friendly cities focused on active aging, which has a greater diffusion and could be a model to be analyzed in depth for its application in the Bolivian case.
The objective of this article is to analyze the different models that refer to the establishment of cities that are friendly to older adults, making an approxima-tion to the concept of an age-friendly society and, in some way, influence their quality of life. According to the bibliographical review, models with the greatest recognition and development at the world level were selected for a qualitative analysis, contextualizing the aging process and urbanization through census infor-mation and population projections, conceptualizing the aging and active aging. The analysis of word frequency of the age-friendly models found that several of them focus only on health aspect. There is a model developed by the WHO called Age-friendly cities focused on active aging, which has a greater diffusion and could be a model to be analyzed in depth for its application in the Bolivian case.
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