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- Title
El educador social en los centros para personas mayores. Respuestas socioeducativas para una nueva generación de mayores.
- Authors
de Miguel López, Silvia Martínez; Escarbajal de Haro, Andrés; Salmerón Aroca, Juan Antonio
- Abstract
This paper reflects on the opportunities and limitations of senior centers as spaces that can respond to the new demands of elderly citizens. Increasingly knowledgeable and aware of their role in society, senior citizens are calling for a move away from traditional and paternalistic welfare assistance schemes towards more socio-educational measures. The study emphasizes the importance of social education to promote active aging and the participation and involvement of older people in society. Although traditional senior centers were at one time essential in providing opportunities for relating with others and engaging in leisure activities, this is no longer sufficient for today's older people, and less so for the new elderly generations. The paper advocates the use of mediated rather than directed social and educational interventions in conjunction with professional social educators, which can have a significant impact on the social and personal development of the elderly.
- Publication
Educar, 2016, Vol 52, Issue 2, p451
- ISSN
0211-819X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5565/rev/educar.717